Preliminary censorship as a means of ensuring the security of the state, society and the individual

The article is devoted to issues related to the search for ways to optimally improve legislation in the face of modern challenges. As world practice shows, emergencies can arise in any state of the modern world, putting the security of the state and society at risk. In an effort to ensure the security of the State system, society and the individual in extreme situations, States have to use measures related to the restriction of human and civil rights. This practice is especially difficult in States that have declared themselves legal, recognize the intrinsic value of the human person and guarantee various human and civil rights. The article proves that in the conditions of modern socio-political and geopolitical realities, situations in which the state has to give priority to the public good, rather than the right of a particular individual, arise quite often. As an example of the need for such restrictions, freedom of the media is cited, the legislative provisions of which were adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and with the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine. Attention is drawn to the fact that there has already been a period in Russian history when the issue of media freedom was resolved in favor of the use of pre-censorship. The authors of the article suggest that researchers and statesmen turn to the history of our state in order to assess the effectiveness of measures already taken to ensure the internal security of the state.