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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2337</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-9001</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">40937</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2337-2024-28-3-584-603</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">HYOTYH</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>LAW AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПРАВО И ЦИФРОВЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The use of Artificial Intelligence technologies by internet platforms for the purposes of censorship</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Применение технологий искусственного интеллекта при осуществлении цензуры со стороны интернет-платформ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-9820</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4364-0208</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Diskin</surname><given-names>Evgeni I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дискин</surname><given-names>Евгений Иосифович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Legal Sciences, Leading research fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in the State Administration of IGMU</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат юридических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Международной лаборатории цифровой трансформации в государственном управлении ИГМУ</p></bio><email>ediskin@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (HSE)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (НИУ ВШЭ)</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-10-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>28</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">DIGITALIZATION AND LAW</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИЯ И ПРАВО</issue-title><fpage>584</fpage><lpage>603</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-10-06"><day>06</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Diskin E.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Дискин Е.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Diskin E.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Дискин Е.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/40937">https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/40937</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The issue of abuse in regulating content moderation on internet platforms using artificial intelligence technologies is relatively new in legal science and practice. Regulatory frameworks in this area are still evolving, and enforcement practices have yet to be fully established. The author employs formal-legal, comparative-legal, historical methods and legal modeling to analyze the negative consequences of using software systems with artificial intelligence elements for user content moderation. By examining various technological solutions utilized by internet platforms for data collection and processing, the article highlights a potential threat to citizens’ rights to access and share information if legal relations governing content moderation with artificial intelligence are not significantly enhanced. It explores evidence suggesting that in the absence of regulatory constrains transparency requirements, internet platforms may begin censorship by removing content, based on their own criteria, even if it does not violate laws or platform guidelines. The author argues that unchecked actions by internet platforms could restrict individuals and political entities from expressing their views, posing a significant threat to democratic principles. By examining Russian, EU and US laws alongside current trends in internet platforms operations, the article concludes that the existing legal frameworks are inadequate and calls for legislative oversight and control over technologies used for content moderation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence applications.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Проблема злоупотреблений при осуществлении модерации интернет-платформ с помощью технологий искусственного интеллекта в значительной степени нова для юридической науки и практики, нормативное регулирование данной сферы только формируется, правоприменительная практика пока не сложилась. Автор, используя формально-юридический, сравнительно-правовой, исторический методы и метод правового моделирования, анализирует негативные последствия применения программных комплексов с элементами искусственного интеллекта для осуществления модерации пользовательского контента. Исследуя некоторые технологические решения, с помощью которых интернет-платформы собирают и обрабатывают значительные массивы разнообразных данных о пользователях, автор указывает на потенциальную угрозу правам граждан на поиск и распространение информации в том случае, если правоотношения в области модерации контента с помощью искусственного интеллекта не будут законодательно регулироваться на качественно новом уровне. Исследуется ряд фактов, которые подтверждают тезис о том, что интернет-платформы, в условиях отсутствия нормативных ограничений, требований к прозрачности их деятельности, контроля со стороны государства и общества начинают осуществлять цензуру путем удаления мнений, высказываний и информации, которые могут ими рассматриваться как нежелательные, при том, что данные высказывания не нарушают законодательства и правила платформы. Автор приходит к выводу о том, что интернет-платформы наращивают возможности по контролю за высказываниями, играющими существенную роль в поддержании информационного баланса, т.е. возможности различных политических сил доносить свою точку зрения до широкой общественности, что в свою очередь представляет собой серьезную угрозу демократическому правопорядку. По результатам анализа российского законодательства и законодательства стран ЕС и США, с учетом сложившихся тенденций в работе интернет-платформ, сделан вывод о несовершенстве существующего правового регулирования, необходимости законодательного ограничения и контроля подобных технологий, применительно к осуществлению модерации, использованию алгоритмов и искусственного интеллекта.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>moderation</kwd><kwd>internet platforms</kwd><kwd>information law</kwd><kwd>censorship</kwd><kwd>digital rights</kwd><kwd>Artificial Intelligence</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>модерация</kwd><kwd>интернет-платформы</kwd><kwd>законодательство об информации</kwd><kwd>цензура</kwd><kwd>права интернет-пользователей</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The article was prepared during the research within the framework of the Basic Research Program of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (HSE).</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в ходе исследования в рамках Программы  фундаментальных исследований Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» (НИУ ВШЭ).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Baburin, V.V. &amp; Cheremnova, N.A. 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