Предвыборная агитация в Telegram-каналах: проблемы правового регулирования

Abstract

The legal regulation of election campaigning has been a long-standing research topic for both theorists and practitioners of electoral law. This topic becomes especially relevant during the pre-election period. The active growth of information technologies and significant gaps in domestic legislation often cause violations of existing legal norms due to the impossibility of their actual implementation. The rapid development of messengers as a means of communication and the expansion of their functionality significantly expand users' access to information. The article analyzes the legal status of Telegram channels as services for the dissemination of information on the Internet, used, among other things, for conducting election campaigning and the problems of their legal status during the pre-election period. A comparative analysis of the functionality of Telegram channels and a review of law enforcement practice is carried out. Proposals have been developed and formulated to improve the current electoral legislation of the Russian Federation.