Digital platforms in the context of public service provision

The article considers the classification of digital platforms for the provision of public services based on a comprehensive systematic analysis of national legislation and regulatory acts of the European Union. The topicality of the topic is due to the need for a comprehensive scientific study of the issues of legal regulation of the activities of digital platforms for the provision of public services from the point of view of information law for the further development of legislation and legal science in this area. The object of the study is social relations related to the regulation of digital platforms in the legal aspect. The subject of the study is the legislation of Ukraine and the EU, law enforcement practice and doctrinal sources on the subject under study. It is noted that in recent years, the economy of Ukraine has faced global challenges of digitization, which determine new goals and objectives for a set of programs for electronic computers, related information technologies, information systems and information resources that ensure the provision of public services, as well as interaction participants of relevant legal relations in the information and communication network. Digitization of the provision of public services is considered a prerequisite for digital transformation, based on the implementation and application of digital platforms and technologies, characterized by the integration of the internal and external digital environment. Branch legislation, informational, administrative, and civil, which regulates certain issues of the operation of digital platforms, has developed for a long time in its own way, introducing different definitions of the term “digital platform” into the legal field. Thanks to the comparative legal method of knowledge based on the study of the experience of the countries of the European Union, an analysis of the legal nature of digital platforms from the point of view of information law was carried out, a definition and classification of digital platforms was proposed. At the same time, the system of legal regulation of the activity of digital platforms for the provision of public services from the point of view of information law has not been finalized to date, there are still a number of unresolved questions of a scientific and practical nature that require further research.