Abstract
This article is dedicated to the study of the issue of ensuring the accuracy of environmental information disclosure and its informational and constitutional framework. Compliance with the obligatory transparency of environmental information, as well as its accuracy, the need for and reality of observance of informational and constitutional foundations for enforcement of the rights of citizens is the subject of heated discussions. The article makes an emphasis on the nonexistence of a definition for the term “accuracy of information” in the current Russian legislation. Due to the tightening of responsibility for the dissemination of fake information on the Internet, the problem of the definition of “the accuracy of environmental information” takes on special significance. The author calls attention to the facts of untimely disclosure of information about a number of environmental disasters and to the need for improvement of information and legal mechanisms.
Highlights
The modern information society constantly runs into the issue of the accuracy of information
The research used scientific methods such as dialectical, logical, historical, predictive, system-oriented analysis, content analysis, as well as specific scientific methods, such as comparative law method and legal modelling method. All these methods will enable to effectively implement the purpose of the research - to identify the main points of concern of the informational and constitutional framework for ensuring the accuracy of environmental information disclosure
This follows from the category of intrinsic rights, among which the main ones are the right to life and the right to liberty. These rights are set forth in Art. 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed and adopted on December 10, 1948 by the UN General Assembly. These rights form the basis of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Summary
The modern information society constantly runs into the issue of the accuracy of information. The world of fake information becomes a reality and it is often impossible to understand where we are told the truth, and where there are false stories. The issue of ensuring the accuracy of information disclosure, as evidenced from the research is not irrelevant. The obligation to disclose environmental information is set out in Art. 42 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Art. 10 of the Federal Law "Concerning the Protection of the Environment". Today there are actual instances of noncompliance with the timely disclosure of such information to the public. The diesel fuel spill, which caused the environmental disaster in Norilsk in May 2020, did irreparable damage to nature and sparked a special public outcry due to the timing of delivery of information about this case. Information about the accident first appeared on the Internet and only a few days later came to the notice of the federal authorities
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