Russian authorities may soon introduce new rules for online movie theaters that will limit children’s access to adult content. This was told by the Vedomosti publication, citing sources in departments and companies. The authorities are considering more effective technological restrictions than those currently in force. In particular, the possibility of accessing adult content using a […]
Tag: Roskomnadzor
Wikipedia asked to ‘land’ in Russia
The Wikimedia Foundation, which is behind the world-famous online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will have to enforce a so-called “landing” law in Russia. Roskomnadzor has already sent a request to the company about the daily attendance of Russian users of Wikipedia. This was reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the press service of the […]
Roskomnadzor sues Google for banned materials on YouTube
Today, April 14, 2022, Roskomnadzor drew up two administrative protocols against the American company Google. This was reported by the press service of the department. The protocols were drawn up for the failure of the administration of the YouTube video hosting to remove materials recognized by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and court decisions as […]
Sanctions in action: Yandex began marking Google and YouTube as violators of the law
Yandex began to comply with the requirements of Roskomnadzor regarding Google – in the search results, Google resources are now marked as violators of Russian law. Recall that yesterday Roskomnadzor announced that it was taking action against Google “for numerous violations of Russian law.” Companies were banned from advertising in Russia, and search engines were […]
Roskomnadzor imposed sanctions: Google banned from advertising in Russia
Roskomnadzor decided to introduce enforcement measures of an informing and economic nature against Google “for numerous violations of Russian law.” This was reported by the press service of the department. In particular, the following measures will be applied to Google and its information resources: informing search engines of Internet users about a violation by a […]
Roskomnadzor demanded that Google return the websites of Russian government bodies to the search
Roskomnadzor demanded that the administration of the Google search service immediately remove restrictions on the search results of the official websites of Russian government agencies, as well as explain the reasons for their introduction. This was reported by the press service of the department. According to Roskomnadzor, the American search engine Google excluded the websites […]
Zoom and Meta (Facebook) “landed” in Russia
Zoom Video Communications and Meta Platforms, the company behind popular services such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, have begun to comply with the so-called “landing” law. This was reported by the press service of Roskomnadzor. As the department explains, Meta Platforms and Zoom Video Communications have already registered a personal account on the official website […]
Following Apple and Likee: Viber messenger “landed” third in Russia
On January 1, the so-called “landing” law came into force in Russia — foreign companies with an audience of over 500,000 users per day were required to open a representative office and register in the Roskomnadzor system. At the end of last week, it became known that Apple had already begun to comply with this […]
For two years in Russia, almost 85 thousand “drug” pages and sites were included in the register of prohibited information
For 2 years, as a result of joint activities of Roskomnadzor and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, almost 85 thousand materials with the propaganda of drug use were removed or blocked. This was announced today by the press service of Roskomnadzor. To be more precise, in 2020-2021, 84,569 websites and their individual pages containing information […]
Russian tithe: Google faces huge turnover fine in Russia
A new administrative protocol was drawn up against the American company Google today for repeated violation of Russian law in relation to materials containing prohibited information. This was reported by the press service of Roskomnadzor. The protocol will be taken to court to bring Google to justice. Now Google faces a huge fine, which can […]