SOCIAL SURVEY ON PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL INFORMATION: UZBEKISTAN’S CASE

It is known that, XXI century has become an age of information technologies and, of course, this is a positive phenomenon. However, it should be noted that in this period of progress, there are some cases where information could bear negative influences to the weakest layers of our society. Often we do not pay much attention to its potential harm, and let it remain exposed to everyone. Such negative information can be found freely in the internet, media, songs, movies, video games and even in children's toys and in the clothes they wear. In the process of globalization, protecting the youth from violent information sources is becoming one of the most crucial duties of the state and society. It is not a secret that such kind of information can negatively influence child's mentality, health, and their future. This paper discusses the actuality of the topic and the related works done in this area. Then we present our results of public opinion poll conducted to evaluate the need for protecting youth from harmful information. We also propose our recommendations in reforming the current legal system towards this objective and draw our conclusions on the expected outcome.