Telecom operator T2 was suspected of being the one who transmitted the data for the first case on the ban on the search for “extremist” materials. The company denies this

The mobile operator T2 has nothing to do with the protocol on searching the network for obviously “extremist” materials (Article 13.53 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), which was drawn up against a resident of Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Region, the company’s press service told Kommersant. This is the first such protocol that has become known.

“The information about T2’s role in this case is fake and unsubstantiated speculation. We deny the fact that the subscriber’s search history was transferred,” a company representative told the publication.

• The first known case of application in Russia of the law banning the search for “extremist” materials became known on November 6. As local media reported, the police in the Sverdlovsk region drew up an administrative protocol under the article on the search for deliberately “extremist” materials (13.53 Code of Administrative Offences) against a resident of Kamensk-Uralsky.
• The defendant’s lawyer, Sergei Barsukov, said that the case was opened due to a search on the Internet for information about the Azov regiment and the Russian Volunteer Corps. According to the lawyer, an unnamed telecom operator provided information about this to the FSB. Barsukov suggested that it was T2.
• The law banning the search for “extremist” materials came into force on September 1. According to Article 13.53 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, offenders face a fine of three to five thousand rubles.