Registering a site as a media is a panacea for blocking?
I suspect that you have already heard about the adoption of the law on the creation of a "black list" of sites that will be blocked by all providers, including (and mostly) without a court decision.
Fast punishment for the site (complete blocking 2 days after the first notification), as well as the difficulty of deleting from the registry (it is necessary to go to court and this is possible only for 3 months), cause fair concerns about creating new business risks, in particular the possibility using the law to fight competitors.
For example, the company Mail.ru writes in its corporate report :
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What to do? Leaving politics aside, let's see how this law relates to other laws, such as the Law on Mass Media .
There is an interesting paragraph in its text:
Let us single out the most important thing for us: Censorship of the mass media, that is, [...] as well as imposing a ban on the dissemination of messages and materials, their individual parts, is not allowed.
As everyone knows, websites, and even a twitter account , can be registered as media, after which they fall within the scope of this law.
The law on the creation of the registry does not mention the inadmissibility of blocking the media.
However, this does not exempt from the implementation of the Law on Mass Media, that is, blocking of the media website will be illegal.
A special piquancy is added by the fact that the registration of the media is carried out by Roskomnadzor and it will also create “black lists” of sites . In other words, this organization knows better than others which of the sites is the media and it’s impossible to refer to lack of information.
Have you already registered your site and twitter as a media?
Fast punishment for the site (complete blocking 2 days after the first notification), as well as the difficulty of deleting from the registry (it is necessary to go to court and this is possible only for 3 months), cause fair concerns about creating new business risks, in particular the possibility using the law to fight competitors.
For example, the company Mail.ru writes in its corporate report :
Abuse or errors in the implementation of this law may result in the closure of one or several Mail.ru Group assets, which may significantly affect the company's revenue and profitability.
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What to do? Leaving politics aside, let's see how this law relates to other laws, such as the Law on Mass Media .
There is an interesting paragraph in its text:
Article 3. Inadmissibility of censorship
The censorship of the media, that is, the requirement from the editorial staff of the media on the part of officials, state bodies, organizations, institutions or public associations to pre-approve messages and materials (except when the official is the author or interviewee), as well as imposing a ban on distribution messages and materials, their individual parts - is not allowed.
The creation and financing of organizations, institutions, bodies or positions whose tasks or functions include the implementation of censorship of mass information is not allowed.
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Let us single out the most important thing for us: Censorship of the mass media, that is, [...] as well as imposing a ban on the dissemination of messages and materials, their individual parts, is not allowed.
As everyone knows, websites, and even a twitter account , can be registered as media, after which they fall within the scope of this law.
The law on the creation of the registry does not mention the inadmissibility of blocking the media.
However, this does not exempt from the implementation of the Law on Mass Media, that is, blocking of the media website will be illegal.
A special piquancy is added by the fact that the registration of the media is carried out by Roskomnadzor and it will also create “black lists” of sites . In other words, this organization knows better than others which of the sites is the media and it’s impossible to refer to lack of information.
Have you already registered your site and twitter as a media?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/152941/
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