Review of the round table “Global Information Society in the Context of Digitalization and New Challenges: Legal Issues and Research”
The authors reviewed the round table "Global information society in the context of digitalization and new challenges: legal problems and research" held on may 15, 2020 by the information law and international information security sector of the Institute of state and law of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the video format. The organization and conduct of this scientific event by the sector was timed to coincide with the celebration of world telecommunication and information society day on May 17, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on March 27, 2006. In this regard, the organizers proposed to discuss current conditions of development of the Global information society and new challenges: the use of digital technologies in countering the COVID-19 coronavirus; ensuring confidentiality and protection of personal data in the context of pandemics and infodemics; regulation of telemedicine and telemedicine services; reliability of information; development of the digital economy; legal support of information security; trends in legislative activities in this area in Russia and abroad; vectors of scientific research in the field of information law and information security.