Roskomnadzor began blocking in social networks of groups “prompting violence in educational institutions”, and Senator Mizulin prepares measures to regulate social platforms.

The Ural Internet media rupolit.net turned out to be in a strange way in the register of prohibited sites based on the decision of the GP on a completely different online publication. Another regional publication was blocked by Roskomnadzor on the basis of the decision of the Prosecutor General, and as much as July 2016!

According to Kyrgyz deputies, it is necessary to introduce “some restrictions” on social networks, since they can “contribute to society and pose a threat to the state”. The bill on the regulation of Internet sites is being agreed upon by the country's departments, the deputy minister of justice Ravshan Abdullaev told at a meeting of the Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan). In the near future, he must enter into consideration by the parliament.

The Government of the Russian Federation instructed the Ministry of Health to develop a draft order that will regulate the sale of drugs on the Internet, while there is the possibility of blocking site-apect sites.

A special expert group will define “fake news” and develop recommendations for the development of pan-European legislation for the confrontation of online dezformation and propaganda. This week, an inaugural meeting of a high-level expert group was held to counteract the fake news and online dezformation at the European Commission. The decision to create such a group was made by the European Commission in November 2017 as part of the strategy to combat this rather new phenomenon.