Public Danger as a Sign of a Criminal Informational Act

Abstract

Goal – to reveal the signs of public danger during informational actions and inactions. Research methodology – during the research process, methods of system-legal and formal-legal analysis were used. These methods allowed us to provide an analysis of the existing criminal legislation of the Republic of Belarus and develop proposals for its improvement. Score/results – the public danger signs of a criminal information act are stated. A criminal informational act is defined as a socially dangerous action or inaction related to the search, receipt, transmission, collection, processing, accumulation, storage, distribution, provision, or use of information, prohibited under threat of criminal punishment. Originality/value – for the first time, an informational act (action or inaction) is considered a type of criminal encroachment and the criteria for its criminalization are determined.