Digital Platforms in the Focus of National Law

  • Ludmila Tereschenko Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation
  • Olesya Starodubova Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation
  • Nikita Nazarov Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation
Keywords: digital platforms, platform economy, data economy, platform employment, crowdfunding platforms, recommendation technologies, personal data, artificial intelligence, data security, discrimination, trusted technologies

Abstract

The paper contains an overview of the research workshop Digital platforms: new environment for collaboration at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Federal Government (ILCL) on 23 April 2024, and findings of the expert survey Digital platforms in the focus of national law. Presentations by participants were systematized by the authors of the overview around the most relevant subjects related to digital platform operations: general issues of digital platform regulation; digital platforms’ impact on human rights; digital platforms in public administration; digital platforms in private law, criminal law and specific branches. The workshop was attended by researchers representing the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Orenburg State University, Siberian Federal University, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Saint Petersburg University of the Interior Ministry, MTS Joint-Stock Company, etc. Legal themes under discussion included the legal nature of digital platforms; digital platforms’ impact on the economy, public administration, human rights and the underlying changes to their amount and content; associated risks; digital platforms and anti-trust regulation; networking effect of digital platforms; labor relations and platform employment; labor right protection and digital platforms; dangers of discrimination related to digital platforms.

Author Biographies

Ludmila Tereschenko, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Sciences (Law), Chief Researcher, Honored Jurist of Russia

Olesya Starodubova, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Researcher

Nikita Nazarov, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Junior Researcher, Postgraduate Student

References

Fedotov М.А., Naumov V.B. et al. (2024) The Right to Refuse Digital Technologies: Outcomes of an Expert Survey. Trudy po intellektualnoy sobstvennosti=Works on Intellectual Property, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 8–28 (in Russ.)

Korshunova Т. Yu. et al. (2024) Judicial Practices and Development of Labor and Social Security Law: a guide. Мoscow: Kontrakt, 248 p. (in Russ.)

Published
2024-07-20
How to Cite
TereschenkoL., StarodubovaO., & NazarovN. (2024). Digital Platforms in the Focus of National Law. Legal Issues in the Digital Age, 5(2), 148-169. https://doi.org/10.17323/2713-2749.2024.2.148.169