THE NEED TO REGULATE NET NEUTRALITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIA

Abstract

The subject of the article is network neutrality and its regulation in the European Union and Russia, the aim is to consider some of the risks and approaches to regulating network neutrality. The methodology of the article is a theoretical study of hypotheses proposed as approaches, a historical method. The results of the work are: the review of the history of the development of the presence and absence of network neutrality, approaches to its regulation in the European Union and Russia. The field of application of the research results is the study of EU experience in legislative activities and their possible use in legislative activities in the Russian Federation. The novelty of the study is confirmed by the novelty of the materials submitted for analysis (2017-2018) and the lack of media coverage and previously published works of the risks and approaches under consideration. The findings of the study are presented as theses of approaches in regulating the availability (absence) of network neutrality and their (non) approval by the author.