Russia: Roskomnadzor measures against Tik Tok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, and Pinterest for failure to remove content classified as illegal

Progress

Current status
under investigation
19 Aug 2022 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
Russia
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

19 Aug 2022
under investigation

Roskomnadzor imposes measures against Tik Tok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, and Pinterest for failure to remove content classified as illegal

On 19 August 2022, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of Russia, Roskomnadzor, imposed coercive measures against TikTok, Telegram Messenger, Inc, Zoom Video Communications, Discord and Pinter…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body central government