Granì (Nov 2014)
Government restrictions to the right to information in the modern globalized world
Abstract
The foreign and Ukrainian experience in government restrictions on the right to information is examined in the article. In particular, studies the experience of China, North Korea, Russia to introduce restrictions on information from the state are analyzed. Also the reasons the use of such restrictions are examined. It is alleged that in the modern world the restrictions the right to information can only be effective with the simultaneously construction of a closed society (economically, politically and culturally). The main problems of the right to information in today’s globalized world are analyzed. For Ukraine, the most relevant are two problems on the way to guarantee the right to information. The first is the relatively low level of English which is the language of international communication. The second problem is the lack of access to technical means, basically to the Internet, and the lack of «technological literacy». Ukraine, with its powerful intellectual potential is obliged to provide the widest right to access to information for all citizens. Legislation should provide the maximum assistance for the free flow of information. The fundamental rejection of attempts to monopolize information technology has become another very important issue.
