Цифровая платформизация в условиях Индустрии 4.0: неопределенность понятийного аппарата

Introduction: the paper analyzes the prospects for creating a regulatory framework for the digital platforms in Russia. The paper examines the existing approaches to the definition of “digital platform” in the legislation and legal doctrine, determines their role in the implementation of the state policy on building a digital economy, as well as the factors that led to their accelerated implementation in public administration. A critical analysis of the actions planned in the National plan that ensure the restoration of employment and income of the population, economic growth and long-term structural changes in the economy associated with digital platformization is carried out. The paper reveals the existing problems in the domestic law enforcement practice related to the functioning of the digital platforms in the context of legal uncertainty. The paper examines the foreign experience of the legislative regulation of digital platforms. Methods: in the study, the authors used both the general scientific methods (dialectical method of cognition, analysis, synthesis, formal logical method, prognostic method, etc.) and the specific scientific methods (formal legal method, method of legal interpretation, etc.). Results: the need to create a regulatory framework for the digital platforms in order to eliminate the identified problems of the law enforcement practice is justified. Conclusions: based on the results of the study and taking into account the analysis of the positive foreign experience, the authors’ definition of the concept of digital (online) platform is formulated, and the main directions for improving the domestic legislation regulating the activities of the digital platforms in Russia are determined.