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Romanovskaya O. V. Law, information society, digital sovereignty. Journal Izvestiya of Saratov University. Economics. Management. Law, 2024, vol. 24, iss. 2, pp. 174-183. DOI: 10.18500/1994-2540-2024-24-2-174-183, EDN: GCZZNT

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DOI: 
10.18500/1994-2540-2024-24-2-174-183
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GCZZNT

Law, information society, digital sovereignty

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Romanovskaya Olga Valentinovna, Penza State University
Abstract: 

Introduction. The rapid development of digital technologies has led to significant changes in various spheres of public life. The species classification of the modern world is based on the fact that the era of the information society is coming. Its characteristics were defined in the Okinawa Charter of the Global Information Society. Empirical analysis. The author presents an overview of the strategies for innovative technological development adopted in the Russian Federation under the influence of the development of digital technologies. The relevance of the formation of the concept of digital sovereignty is shown. The researcher conducted a comparative legal study which indicated that digital sovereignty was originally presented in the legal systems of the European Union countries. Foreign approaches to the formation of a new legal order, conditioned by the development of digitalization, are outlined. The article highlights the features of the German concept “Industry 4.0”, the Japanese concept “Society 5.0”, and the Chinese concept “Made in China 2025”. Theoretical analysis. The main trend of digitalization is decentralization, which affects not only the economies of countries, but also the public administration system. Its general consequences are highlighted: the emergence of competition between states (which leads to the expansion of axiology, and not just technology); a change in the concept of public administration in the context of growing horizontal connections (the emergence of the concept of “the state as a platform”); priority of data (in electronic form) as a condition for the economic, political and social development of the state. Results. The acceleration of the technological process has an impact on the socio-political sphere. The law does not have time to react to changes; the formed reality itself dictates those rules that are formed outside of political instruments. This also leads to the transformation of traditional state institutions, which forces us to rethink the very understanding of the modern state.

Key words: 
information society
Industry 4.0
Society 5.0
digitalization
digital sovereignty
cybersecurity
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Received: 
15.01.2024
Accepted: 
01.02.2024
Available online: 
31.05.2024