Transformation of the science of Information Law and information legislation: a new stage in the conditions of scientific and technological development of Russia

The authors of the article analyze the current trends in the development of the doctrine of Information Law and information legislation in the context of updated tasks for the scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation. It is noted that in the context of the development of an information society based on the digital economy and the data economy, the transformation of law is taking place, which is largely facilitated by the active evolution of Information Law, the expansion of its subject due to the rapid formation of digital law as a basic institution (an emerging sub-sector) responsible for the features of legal provision of information processes and phenomena in digital form.

It is within the framework of this industry that legal support for the digitalization of society takes place both at the expense of basic information and legal norms governing the basic provisions (principles of regulation of digital relations, the regime of digital data and other objects of the digital environment, the legal status of subjects of the digital environment, as well as other legal aspects that reflect the essence of the digital form, the application of which is universal and can be applied in law in general), as well as through industry-specific digital norms developed and adopted within a particular branch of law, reflecting the specifics of the implementation of digital processes in relation to a specific area of public relations, regulated by the relevant branch of law. The main directions of scientific and technological development and the tasks of Information Law are also studied. The authors note that the scientific and technological development of Russia today is based on a number of principles that are important to take into account in the development of information legislation and the science of Information Law. Modern information processes and technologies directly permeate and ensure the functioning of all priority areas of scientific and technological development and are part of or ensure the application of all the most important high-tech technologies. In this regard, it is important to work out and consolidate at the theoretical level in information legislation mechanisms that contribute to the effective implementation of the accelerated development and introduction of these important knowledge-intensive technologies into the economy, including within the framework of national projects to ensure technological leadership.

As a result of the analysis of critical and end-to-end technologies, it was revealed that the main emphasis in the development of information legislation and the doctrine of Information Law should be placed on the formation of models for regulating the use of artificial intelligence technologies in economic sectors, the social sphere (including the sphere of public safety) and in public authorities, including the development of regulation of robotics, as well as microelectronics technologies and photonics for information storage, processing, transmission and protection systems, technologies of secure quantum data transmission systems. The authors draw a number of conclusions about the development of the principles of regulation of artificial intelligence, as well as the prospects for the development of legal regulation of the field of robotics.

The analysis is given of the discussed problems of Information Law at the Seventh Bachilov Readings, held in 2024 at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences.