Development of the doctrine of Russian Information Law in the context of the transition to a data economy

Abstract

The authors of the article analyze the peculiarities of the development of society and the state in the conditions of transition to a new national development project – the data economy, as well as related modern trends in the development of Information Law. The data economy focuses primarily on a practice-oriented approach to the active implementation of domestic developments and the formation of technological sovereignty. The development of such a mechanism should be carried out on the basis of flexible regulation and support of production. As in the digital economy, the flexible regulation approach seems to be a priority in the data economy. But in order to achieve the desired result as quickly as possible, the task is to find new methods and approaches. In this regard, a flexible approach to regulation should be associated with the possibility of creating models for maximum resolution of the introduction and use of technologies with a strictly formally defined system of risks, for the occurrence of which there may be adverse consequences or certain corrective actions under the control of the state. In the article, the authors analyze how methods and approaches to regulating relations in the data economy should change. Awareness of the risks and threats emanating from artificial intelligence determines the question of the development and adoption of special legislation on artificial intelligence, which should be based on the basic federal law on artificial intelligence. The paper presents the arguments “for” and “against” such an act, its content, analyzes approaches to the regulation of individual issues. The problems of legal regulation of metaverses as a space for the development of the data economy are analyzed. It is concluded that a number of problems and risks that we have to face today in the formation of social relations in the metaverse, necessitate the legal regulation of these relations and the development of an integral system of legal norms, including at the level of strategic planning acts. The question of the expediency of using foreign experience in developing a Digital Code (on the example of the Kyrgyz Republic) is considered. In conclusion, the article analyzes the main problems that were discussed at scientific events on the problems of Information Law, including the Sixth Bachilov Readings held in 2023 at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences.