@article{58f925b8fb3641a6b584afab9bf89775,
title = "Struggling to strike the right balance between interests at stake: The {\textquoteleft}Yarovaya{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}Fake news{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}Disrespect{\textquoteright} laws as examples of ill-conceived legislation in the age of modern technology",
abstract = "The article deals with the legislative amendments that have been recently adopted in the Russian Federation, the so-called {\textquoteleft}Yarovaya{\textquoteright} law, the {\textquoteleft}fake news{\textquoteright} law and the {\textquoteleft}disrespect{\textquoteright} law. It explains the essence and problems of implementation of the above-mentioned legal instruments and assesses them from the human rights angle. It is established that the rather complex laws under analysis pose significant threats to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals, including privacy, data protection and freedom of expression, and introduce other additional negative effects to the Russian society and economy. While in the adoption of such legislation it is crucial to give due weight to the involved interests, the used examples indicate that the State{\textquoteright}s interests seem to prevail at the cost of the rights and freedoms of those who need to be adequately protected.",
keywords = "Russian legislation, Yarovaya law, Fake news law, Disrespect law, Human rights, Privacy, Data protection, Freedom of expression, Public safety, Public security",
author = "Evgeni Moyakine and A. Tabachnik",
note = "Dr. E. Moyakine is an Assistant Professor at the Transboundary Legal Studies (TLS) Department of the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Cyber Law & Policy of the University of Haifa, Israel. Dr. A. Tabachnik is а Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Political Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Haifa, Israel, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Cyber Law & Policy of the same university.",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.clsr.2020.105512",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
journal = "Computer Law & Security Review",
issn = "1873-6734",
}