Internet technology and online social networks in modern hybrid war

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The article deals with opportunities and prospects for the attraction of online social networks to provide the implementation of objectives of the current economic, political or information war. It considers the preliminary development of domestic and foreign researchers, including H. Pocheptsov, D. Khalilov, D. Tymchuk, V. Husarov and others. Also the article presents the analysis of the modern technologies of web 2.0–3.0, which are the basis for social online networks. In practical examples of internal and external policy of Ukraine, it gives the discussion of aspects of the information war in online social networks.

Keywords: information war, hybrid war, online social networks.


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