BLOCKING OF THE INTERNET RESOURCES: JUDICIAL PRACTICE

Abstract

The article examines and summarizes judicial practice in cases related to the use of new information technologies. The object of the research is mainly decisions of Russian courts (general jurisdiction and arbitration courts) and the European Court of Human Rights. Cases related to the use of new information technologies, in general, can already be distinguished into a separate block, but this article examines judicial practice in such a category of cases as blocking Internet resources. The article states that in the era of rapid development of new information technologies, the state, represented by special services and authorized state bodies, are making unprecedented efforts to maintain at least partial control over the activities of new actors (bloggers, online media, internet platforms, etc.). At the same time, they quite often meet with a complete understanding of the courts. Among the norms regulating the new sphere of
relations, restrictive and prohibitive norms are quite often encountered (and in the Russian Federation they dominate). The confl icts that arose were often resolved by national courts not in favor of citizens. In this regard, the reasons for concern among lawyers involved in the protection of rights related to new information technologies remain.