Prospects for Developing Coordinated Approaches to Legislative Regulation of New Media in the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Currently, at the level of integration associations and other alliances of Western states, various mechanisms are being developed and put into practical use aimed at coordinating and organizing collective actions of countries in order to influence the information environment of geopolitical and economic rivals. In this context, the formation of a legal framework for interstate information interaction between countries of Eurasian regional blocs and supranational entities becomes one of the key components of ensuring the information and psychological security of the population and protecting the national sovereignty of states. The purpose of the study is to analyze the state of legislative regulation of new media in Russia and Belarus at the present stage in order to identify the prerequisites for developing coordinated approaches to the regulation of new media in the Union State in order to ensure the information and psychological security of the population of the member countries in the digital environment. The object of the study is the content of new media legislation in force in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The results of the study show that despite differences in the conceptual and terminological apparatus relating to new media at national levels, by mid-2024, national legislation has formed the basis for developing coordinated approaches to the legal regulation of the activities of foreign actors in national media markets, monitoring and limiting the dissemination of illegal content, and a number of other areas that are key from the point of view of ensuring information and psychological security of the population.