Roskomnadzor – the federal agency of IT and Mass Communication in Russia for the first time published a list of resources on which fake news is regularly published under the guise of reliable messages. It includes groups in social networks of two large network media (RBC with 700+ thousand users and Lenta.ru with 130+ thousand), several large publics (Mash, Lentach and MDK with 11 million subscribers), regional groups and accounts individuals. But the list is open, those who fall into it are still threatened with blockages and large fines – and, as it turned out, undeserved reputation damage.
The law on countering the spread of fakes, adopted at the beginning of the year, caused a lot of fears and questions. By publishing the list, Roskomnadzor demonstrates that it intends to use it exactly as the authorities promised – to deal with dangerous rumours.
- The law does not apply to traditional media – print, television and radio – and news aggregators. In addition, reposts were removed from under it.
- Internet media can “immediately” delete a false message after notifying Roskomnadzor without blocking, regular Internet resources, user accounts and blogs should be blocked “immediately”.
- For the distribution of fakes, citizens face a fine of 30,000(up to USD 500) to 100,000(up to USD 1500) rubles, for repeated violation – from 100,000 (USD 1500) to 300,000(USD 4500) rubles. If this resulted in “death of a person, harm to human health or property, mass violation of public order”, citizens may be fined 300-400 thousand rubles(between USD 4500 to USD 6500), legal entities – from 1 million to 1.5 million rubles.
The list published by Roskomnadzor included 27 resources – all of them are listed below:
Title | Area | Number of violations | Page type | Description of Prohibited Information |
Overheard Dzerzhinsk | In contact with | 34 (4 posts, 30 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Penza live | In contact with | 12 (4 posts, 8 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of riots in a. Suitcase of the Penza region |
Postnews | In contact with | 11 (11 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency on the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019
Invalid messages about the situation in the city of Tulun, Irkutsk Region Invalid information about the progress of the fire at the ammunition depot in the Achinsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory |
Accident and emergency Dzerzhinsk | In contact with | 9 (9 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Overheard Bratsk | In contact with | 8 (8 comments) | community | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
I live in Irkutsk | In contact with | 7 (7 comments) | community | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
Nizhny Novgorod | In contact with | 7 (1 post, 6 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Mash | Mash | In contact with | 7 (1 post, 6 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Typical Dzerzhinsk | In contact with | 6 (6 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Overheard in Nizhneudinsk | In contact with | 3 (3 comments) | community | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
Ribbon | In contact with | 3 (1 post, 2 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency on the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019
Invalid messages about the situation in the city of Tulun, Irkutsk Region |
Newspaper.Ru | In contact with | 3 (2 posts, 1 comment) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Alexander Volodin | My world | 3 (3 videos) | account | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
MDK | In contact with | 3 (2 posts, 1 comment) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
KRIKNEWS | YouTube | 3 (1 video, 2 comments) | channel | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
Bright tv | YouTube | 2 (2 videos) | channel | Invalid reports of a revolution in the Russian Federation on August 31, 2019 |
Yuri Plavsky | 2 (2 posts) | account | Unreliable information on the progress of the fire at the ammunition depot in the territory of the Achinsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory | |
Eduard Volkov | In contact with | 2 (2 videos) | account | Invalid reports of a revolution in the Russian Federation on August 31, 2019 |
Typical Car Factory | Nizhny Novgorod | In contact with | 2 (2 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
RBC | In contact with | 2 (2 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Pavel Palekhov | In contact with | 2 (1 post, 1 comment) | account | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
We live in Siberia | Irkutsk | In contact with | 2 (2 comments) | community | Unreliable reports about the situation in Tulun, Irkutsk region |
Dzerzhinsk – “52 Total News” | In contact with | 2 (1 post, 1 comment) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
LaRa Ya | My world | 2 (2 videos) | account | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
4ch inc. | In contact with | 2 (2 comments) | community | Unreliable reports of an emergency in the territory of the State Research Institute “Crystal” in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region 06/01/2019 |
Cont.ws | Internet resource | 2 (2 publications) | Invalid reports of a revolution in the Russian Federation on August 31, 2019
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sobytiya.info | Internet resource | 2 (2 publications) | Information on the “destruction” of the transport passage through the Kerch Strait |