State Duma approves out-of-court blocking of websites selling information on COVID – RBK

The State Duma adopted in the second reading an amendment that provides for the extrajudicial blocking of sites selling fake documents, including vaccination certificates and PCR test results. testify data from the Legislative Enforcement System.

The amendment is being made to the law “On information, information technologies and information protection”. The bill also provides for the blocking of websites that disseminate extremist and terrorist information by decision of the Prosecutor General or his deputies.

The amendment provides that, in the same manner, access to resources where there are proposals to purchase a fake document “granting rights or releasing from obligations” will be limited.

The wording “granting the right or releasing from liability” already exists in the current legislation, explained TASS one of the authors of the amendment, deputy Alexander Khinshtein. According to him, the new norm corresponds to criminal liability for forging documents, since “the certificate [о вакцинации], PCR tests give the right to go where these documents are required. ” The parliamentarian noted that the amendment applies to any ads on the Internet about fake medical certificates and documents, including passports, military IDs and educational diplomas.