Abstract: The construction of digital villages creates conditions for guiding the transformation of spaces for villager self-governance towards technological autonomy,with legal safeguards being a critical issue in this transformation.Grounded in the perspective of procedural justice and following the logical framework of "preconditions-process-safeguards",this paper constructs an analytical framework encompassing value compliance,process compliance,and platform compliance.It identifies that the primary legal texts supporting the legal safeguarding of space transformation for villager self-governance in digital villages include the Constitution,the Village Committee Organization Law,and the Cyber-security Law.Specifically,the Constitution regulates value compliance in villager self-governance,the Village Committee Organization Law governs process compliance,and the Cyber-security Law oversees platform compliance.However,challenges persist in applying these legal frameworks to guide social practices related to technological autonomy in digital villages,including insufficient recognition of its legitimacy,unclear procedures for qualification review,vague applicability domains,ambiguous online deliberation processes,and inadequate regulatory measures on platforms.These issues hinder high-quality development of technological autonomy.Future efforts to promote the transformation of villager self-governance spaces in digital villages should focus on optimizing constitutional norms under the guidance of legal thinking,refining procedural designs for technologically autonomous governance behaviors,and enhancing regulatory oversight of technological autonomy platforms.

Key words: technological autonomy, villager self-governance, spatial transformation, procedural justice, legal safeguards, digital villages