Social and Legal Studios

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of legal protection of public morality in the information sphere. Law and morality are analyzed as two equal categories influencing the formation of the state and society. The principles of protection of public morality in the information society are considered. The subjects of management in the sphere of legal protection of public morality, their system and competence are under research. It is substantiated that law and morality are two equal categories that influence the formation of the state, affirmation of certain values for the development of society. They are constantly interacting and complementary. The basic provisions of formation of legal and moral norms in the modern information society are analyzed and the basics of their interaction are formulated. Law and morality are two complementary value and normative systems through which the regulation of public life is carried out. Law in the information society acts as a state regulator, and morality is based solely on the intra-psychological foundations of consciousness and has no binding external manifestations. The main and primary tasks of the mechanism of legal regulation protection of the norms of public morality are the protection, security and restoration of violated rights, as well as the formation of a high legal culture of justice of citizens and in society. The protection of public morality can be exercised through legal and administrative means. It is emphasized that in the conditions of development of information society the state is obliged to carry out a comprehensive state policy in the information sphere, with the formation of a unified system of ensuring the protection of moral principles of society, preventing the influence of negative information on public opinion, preventing the propaganda of cruelty and violence, disseminating information products that have negative impact on public morality

Keywords: legal protection, public morality, information technology, principles, public control, subjects of protection

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