DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE PROGRAM «INFORMATION SOCIETY (FOR THE YEARS 2011–2020)»

In the national legislation, there is no definition for the concept of ‘electronic
media.’ Informational resources from the internet network that claim to be electronic
media must be registered under the established lawful order. The first certificates
regarding the registration of electronic media were issued by the Ministry of Press
Affairs and mass communication in 1996. In some countries, all the electronic
resources were equal to mass media: websites, chats, blogs, internet shops and digital
libraries. May 9th, 2017 the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree
Nî 203 regarding the “development strategy of the information society in Russia for
the years 2017 to 2030.” In that strategy the concept of information society is defined
as a society where the information and the level of its usage and accessibility, affect
the economic and sociocultural living conditions of Russian citizens in a drastic
manner. As of today, there is a lack of international legal mechanisms that allow for
regulation in the information fields of different states. The national legislation is
insufficiently adapted to the constantly emerging issues of regulation of the relations
in the sphere of electronic media and information.