Safety of media space: legal regulation and the right of access to information

Abstract

The introduction of digital technologies into the daily life of citizens and their communication with government agencies changes the quality of the media space. The system of relations for the production and consumption of information is regulated by the regulatory framework of a particular state. However, the high speed of development of Internet sites, new media, and the expanding circle of communication subjects do not allow timely improvement of the mechanisms of legal regulation of the information space without infringing on the constitutional human right of freedom of access information. The issue is also actualized with the activation of protest movements in the post-Soviet republics since information and communication technologies can significantly influence public opinion, protest sentiments, and destabilize public order. The events in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan in 2020 are already almost examples of classical cases of the use of ICT in the social mobilization of the public masses. The offered ways of solving the problem of improving the legal regulation of the media space are to focus on international ratings of freedom of access to information. It is to understand in which positions the work is not carried out at the proper level; close cooperation with public professional communities that respond more quickly to changes in the information space; in social ordering to stimulate the software development for tracking information of subversive and extremist content in social networks and online communities.