LEGAL STATUS OF A BLOGGER IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

 This article analyzes the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan regarding the legal status of a blogger. The author has considered the legal status of a blogger in detail, taking into account his concept, rights and obligations, responsibility, as well as differences from a journalist. The author also pointed out the importance of following the rules of information security of the individual, society and the state in the blogger’s activities. In the article, the author rightly points out that a blogger acts as a legal person (only a person is considered as a blogger, enterprise, organization or institution, that is, a legal entity cannot act as a blogger), has its own page in virtual space and the Internet (it can be both a website and a page in a website). The basis of the blogger’s activity is the placement of special content, which is publicly available information (the content must be publicly available, which indicates the importance of the posted information). The article reveals the essence of the blogger’s obligations and according to the author, the blogger’s obligations can be divided into two large groups – substantive and procedural obligations. Based on the analysis of the legislation, the author concludes that the legislator does not single out the issues of blogger’s responsibility in a separate norm, and therefore the general rules of responsibility apply to them.