Legal and Neuro-Legal Examination of Information Materials: The Potential of Neurotechnologies for Countering Cognitive Threats and Developing Legal Regulation Models for the Media Environment

Modern neurotechnologies represent a promising area that can provide extensive support in protecting the rights and legitimate interests of citizens in various areas of public life. The competent use of neurotechnologies to adopt balanced regulatory models in the field of information application, as well as the introduction into practice of legal expertise of information materials (media products) can significantly improve the policy of preserving traditional spiritual and moral values and, in general, the sphere of ensuring information security and cognitive sovereignty. This study presents an original classification of types of examination of information materials depending on the nature of regulation and type of jurisdictional activity; reveals the legal nature and legal status, subject, object, methodology and fundamentals of the methodology of legal expertise of information materials (destructive illegal content). The paper proposes a high-tech model of neuro-legal examination that combines the results of neurophysiological registration with the legal qualification of destructive effects and with the category of neuro-rights. Existing theories of legal regulation of the media environment are critically reassessed, particularly those that assume the neutrality of content distribution channels and underestimate the algorithmically amplified effects of cognitive pressure. Criteria for classifying information materials as high-risk zones are formulated, and theoretical prerequisites for the development of neuro-legal examination are proposed. The practical importance of integrating neurotechnologies into media content assessment procedures is emphasized for the development of high-tech legal models for regulating the media environment, adjusting regulatory requirements for platforms, and designing protection regimes against cognitive threats of destructive influence.

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