О некоторых вопросах правового регулирования института блоггинга

Introduction: the digitalization processes of modern society have brought many new directions, reaching millions of users around the world (blogs, social networks, instant messengers, chats, etc.). Of course, each short story requires deep conceptual comprehension, with the aim of its rational application in everyday life. It is far from a secret that the transmitted information, bypassing verbal - communicative methods of communication, can, at the output, have both a positive and an extremely negative impact on a particular situation. Therefore, the study of the problems of blogging, its features of the formation of a collective worldview, we see it as relevant and topical. Materials and Methods: the materials of the study were individual norms of criminal procedure legislation regulating the procedure for starting a pre-trial investigation, scientific publications of researchers, as well as materials of judicial and investigative practice on the topic under study. When writing the article, we used normative-logical, formal-legal and other methods. Results of the Study: the article analyzes the scope of blogging institutions; their relationship with journalism and conditions of application are determined; analyzed the criteria for the admissibility of their use in the practice of obtaining evidentiary information in the course of the disclosure and investigation of crimes. The ways of systematizing the activities of bloggers are proposed and the author's position for solving the indicated issues is given. Findings and Conclusions: the key point of this article is the author's proposals regarding the regulatory regulation of blogging, the definition of parameters for conducting this activity, as well as the use of audiovisual works obtained on the basis of blogging in the process of proving in criminal cases.