THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF A DIGITAL PLATFORM AS AN ELEMENT OF THE PLATFORM ECONOMY
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Author(s): | Korobeinikova T. S., Zhukova I. V., |
| Number of journal: | 3(76) | Date: | September 2026 |
| Annotation: | In the article, the authors trace the evolution of the concept of a digital platform in Russian legislation as a basic element of the platform economy. The comparative approach used by the authors allows identifying different interpretations of the concept of a digital platform in Russia and abroad, as well as the existence of a rather lengthy discussion on this issue among Russian researchers of this issue. The article examines how the change in legal interpretations of the concept of a digital platform reflects not only the development and diversity of digital ecosystems and shapes legal regulation in the Russian Federation, but also shows how the government’s approaches to the concept of a digital platform have changed. The authors analyze the changing approaches to the normative consolidation of the concept as a platform for the realization of the rights, duties and legal responsibility of its participants. Currently, digital platforms are used not only by business entities, but also by the state as a whole, represented by its bodies. The authors note that the existing legal structures do not take into account the new digital reality or use different criteria to designate the concept of a digital platform. Proper legal regulation of digital platforms will help protect the interests of both suppliers of goods, services, consumers, and the state. The authors believe that regulations in this area do not allow determining the directions of development of the legal regulation of the problem, do not take into account that platforms need to be classified depending on the conditions of digitalization of business processes and the purpose of the platform, but reveal conceptual contradictions in the evolution of approaches of the legislator and the government to understanding the phenomenon of digital platforms. And these contradictions are very significant. | ||
| Keywords: | platform economy, digital platform, financial platform, investment platform, technology platform, information technology, artificial intelligence, objects of civil rights, digital ecosystem, state information system |
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| For citation: | Zhukova I. V., Korobeinikova T. S. The evolution of the concept of a digital platform as an element of the platform economy. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;3(76):169—175. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.76.1700. |
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