The State Duma approved in the second reading the tightening of liability of providers for evading blocking

Providers expect heavy fines for non-compliance blocking and unblocking duties sites.

eleven January 2017, the State Duma approved during second reading governmental bill to strengthen responsibility of internet providers for failure to fulfill obligations blocking pages based on information, received from Roskomnadzor.

Bill was submitted to the State Duma on June 17, 2016 and adopted on first reading on October 7, 2016. He introduces a new article 13.34 into the Code of Administrative Offenses, according to which for dereliction of duty blocking and unblocking websites officials are fined in the amount of three to five thousand rubles, individual entrepreneurs from 10 to 30 thousand, legal entities - from 50 to 100 thousand rubles.

IN explanatory note to the bill indicates that currently evasion of obligation to block banned provider sites punished according to part 3 of Art. 14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which concerns entrepreneurial activities in violation of the conditions licenses. However, Part 3 of Art. 14.1 Administrative Code provides for a warning or a fine in the amount of 30 to 40 thousand rubles, which, according to the government, disproportionate to the degree of public danger of prohibited information (i.e. drug information, children's pornography, extremist appeals and etc.). At the same time, under Art. 14.1 punish and for lesser offenses, and that is why it is advisable to introduce a new article in the Code of Administrative Offenses, they believe in government.

Adoption the draft law is logically integrated into previous measures taken by the authorities to counteract distribution of prohibited materials online. However, replenishment mechanisms Unified registry call us significant complaints , and the days, which according to the law are given for blocking - such a period in which can easily fit only large providers, small ones may have Difficulty keeping track of changes single register and immediate response. the out-of-court blocking of sites under Lugovoi's law unlawful. We consider

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• The State Duma introduces fines for Internet operators for maintaining access to prohibited sites // TASS. 2017. January 11.