Theoretical and legal aspects of the right to anonymity on the Internet

The article is devoted to the analysis of the Internet as a global digital informationenvironment,which is used by almost all mankind. The problem of the need for identification/anonymityinthenetworkisdebatable. The author of the article is looking for answers to related questions: howis anonymityusedonline?Howanonymous is an Internet user and how can he achieve anonymity? What are the pros and cons of anonymityonthe web? How effective is the legal regulation of anonymity specifically by regulatory legal acts?Shouldtheinternational community establish a general directive on how anonymity issues should be regulatedinMemberStates? The problem of boxing on the Internet is also touched upon. The methodological basis of theworkwasthemethods of complex analysis of legal phenomena of procedures and processes, general scientificandprivatescientific methods of cognition.