Possibilities and Threats Caused by the Development of Information Society

Abstract

The basic idea of the article is that in the era of information society development notonly the functions of the state in information sphere change, but also there are newopportunities and threats. To understand how information functions of the state change,the concept and features of an information society are considered, positive and negativeconsequences of information society are defined. As a result of this consideration theconclusion on new opportunities and threats for the state and the government is made. "Egovernment"is considered as a new opportunity, which allows essentially raising thequality of state services, and as a new threat – distribution of virtual communities capableunder certain conditions to harm to the state and society.