The digital transformation of the state and the change in the communication structure of society as a philosophical and legal problem

The article examines such a complex, multifactorial phenomenon as the transformation of the state in conditions of rapid penetration of new digital technologies into all spheres of life from philosophical and legal positions. The information nature of the digital transformation of the state is noted, and it is emphasized that the digital transformation of the state and law, the first chords of which we are currently witnessing, is the very first preparatory stage (prologue) of the transition to building a legal digital state. The article further emphasizes that the idea of a legal digital state is the opposite of digital arbitrariness in all its forms, including the restriction of freedom under the pretext of technological progress.