ARE WE COVERED BY THE NETWORK: LEGAL CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE INTERNET

Abstract

Article explores legal conflicts and social transformations associated with the existence of the Internet. Internet has emerged as another, parallel, and, at the same time, an alternative society. He is a revolutionary impact on the world community. Internet is transforming social reality, its political, legal and ideological foundation base. The author discusses the following questions. How should we feel about that? Can we control and regulate these processes? Paper examines these issues in the legal plane. The global nature of the Internet makes it a supranational space free movement of information, which formed new centers of influence, leading to a "shift" of power. So there is one of the global contradictions of our time: between state sovereignty, which has territorial, and networks that do not have territorial localization. Another important issue is the freedom of information in the network and its limits: copyright and state secrets. Internet also creates an entirely new situation in education, contributing to its radical restructuring.