Criminal-legal protection of the human right to freedom of conscience and religion in the modern conditions of digitalization

The relevance of the issue considered in the article is due to the depth of the pressing problem and the prospect of large-scale negative socially dangerous consequences that may result from a violation of the inviolability of the criminal-legal protection of the right to freedom of conscience and religion in the modern conditions of digitalization. The purpose of the study is to analyze the current state, existing prerequisites and consequences of committing acts provided for in Art. 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, to study the effectiveness of criminal-legal and criminological measures to counteract crimes that violate human rights to freedom of conscience and religion in the modem conditions of digitalization. A vision has been formed of the need for a special approach not only in terms of criminal-legal prohibition, but also in ensuring the prevention of this type of crime.