Online Battlefield: the Legal Landscape of Ukraine’s Internet Censorship Before and After the 2022 Russian Invasion
The article investigates the regulatory framework for exercising Internet censorship in Ukraine in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war. The regulation of Ukraine’s Internet censorship is considered in two areas – the freedom of opinion limitations and the freedom of information limitati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Історико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу |
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| Online Access: | https://mhpi.chnu.edu.ua/mhpi/article/view/72 |
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| Summary: | The article investigates the regulatory framework for exercising Internet censorship in Ukraine in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war. The regulation of Ukraine’s Internet censorship is considered in two areas – the freedom of opinion limitations and the freedom of information limitations. Special attention is paid to identifying the peculiarities of Internet censorship regulation in Ukraine before and after the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion. In this scientific investigation, comparative analytical and law-in-context methods are employed. The article reveals that before the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities were reinterpreting existing legislative provisions enshrined in the Criminal Code and the Law “On Sanctions” in order to limit the spread of pro-Russian opinions and information in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. Following the Russian intervention in 2022, Ukraine amended its Criminal Code, adopted the new Law “On Media”, and declared martial law, allowing for more effective Internet censorship policies on the Russian front.
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| ISSN: | 2519-4518 2617-2372 |