According to Roskomnadzor, eight more protocols are awaiting consideration in court.

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conduct conscientious moderation of platforms and do not post the necessary information in accordance with the law, including after receiving a corresponding request from the agency.

On September 1, 2023, amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses (CAO RF) came into force, according to which social networks are ivory coast whatsapp number database now responsible for failure to comply with the requirements of the law on self-control.

For violating the requirements of the law on self-control, Roskomnadzor drew up 14 protocols on administrative offenses against the owners of social networks under Part 1 and 2 of Article 13.50 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and under Article 19.7.10-4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, following the consideration of which the platforms were assigned fines: Pinterest - 900 thousand rubles, Twitch - 900 thousand rubles, Google - 900 thousand rubles, TikTok - 750 thousand rubles, Telegram - 900 thousand rubles, Likee - 800 thousand rubles.


The Law on Self-Control (Article 10.6 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection") has been in force since February 1, 2021. It imposes a number of obligations on social networks: to monitor and independently remove prohibited information posted on their platform, to have a legally significant form for user requests, and to annually publish a report on the results of the work done in this area.

Pen & Paper lawyer Viktor Rykov explained that failure to pay fines is an independent violation under Article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, and if the fine is not paid within the established time frame without good reason, there is a risk that the company will be fined twice as much: "Nevertheless, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation does not provide for the disqualification of a legal entity or the blocking of any of its information resources as a consequence of failure to pay fines. In the event of failure to pay fines, a separate proceeding may be initiated."

"According to the Code of Administrative Offenses, a warning, an administrative fine, confiscation of the instrument of commission or object of the administrative offense, and administrative suspension of activities may be applied to a legal entity (clause 2 of Article 3.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Slowing down the operation of a website and blocking it on the territory of Russia are not administrative liability measures," noted Alexey Samygin, senior lawyer at the National Center for Intellectual Capital (NCIC).

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