This article is dedicated to analyzing the features of legal regulation of modern domestic digital platforms. The object of research in this article consists of digital platforms operating within the legal framework of the Russian Federation, and the subject encompasses the entire array of both domestic and some foreign regulatory legal acts governing the activities of modern digital platforms, as well as the problems arising in the process of this regulation. The author briefly examines legislative acts that in one way or another affect the activities of digital platforms in Russia, with particular attention given to the search for a legal definition of the term "digital platform." At the same time, the author emphasizes that the concentration of enormous volumes of user data in the hands of digital platform operators creates serious legal risks; the issue of the liability of digital platform owners has still not been adequately regulated. The following methods were used in writing the article: analysis of specialized scientific literature; study of regulatory legal acts that govern the activities of modern digital platforms in one way or another. Moreover, not only domestic legislative acts were examined, but also some documents from foreign countries such as the USA and China. Additionally, methods such as systematic analysis and generalization were employed. As a result of the analysis conducted, the author concludes that the legal regulation of digital platforms in the Russian Federation is in the process of formation and needs optimization: numerous gaps in existing regulatory legal acts, the absence of a unified terminological apparatus, and the fragmentary nature of existing norms indicate that the legislator should pay serious attention to regulating the activities of domestic digital platforms; otherwise, the number of legal violations in this area will continue to grow. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that, upon examining the issue of the liability of aggregator operators to consumers, the author suggests making amendments to Article 9 of the Federal Law "On Consumer Rights Protection." The study also briefly addresses the peculiarities of legal regulation of digital platform activities in the EU, USA, and China. The experience of foreign legislators in the analyzed field, according to the author, may be useful for domestic lawmakers in the process of improving the legal regulation of digital platform activities.
Albina Aleksanrovna Petrogradskaia (Sun,) studied this question.