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class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Legislative history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reading_(legislature)#First_reading" title="Reading (legislature)">First reading</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7 March 2019 (<a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reading_(legislature)#Second_reading" title="Reading (legislature)">Second reading</a></th><td class="infobox-data">13 March 2019 (<a href="/wiki/Federation_Council_(Russia)" title="Federation Council (Russia)">Federation Council</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Amends</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_Russian_Federation_on_Administrative_Offenses" title="Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses">Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#AAF0D1;"><b>Status:</b> Current legislation</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Russian 2019 fake news law</b>s is a group of 2 federal laws, adopted by <a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a> on 7 March 2019, approved by <a href="/wiki/Federation_Council_(Russia)" title="Federation Council (Russia)">Federation Council</a> on 13 March 2019, signed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> on 18 March 2019, allowing the <a href="/wiki/Roskomnadzor" title="Roskomnadzor">Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media</a> to extrajudicially block access to online media publishing information, considered "unreliable" by Russian authorities (Law No.31-FZ), and establishing the punishment for such dissemination (Law No.27-FZ). The laws entered into force on 29 March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These laws are the first in the series of <a href="/wiki/Russian_fake_news_laws" title="Russian fake news laws">Russian fake news laws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_2019_fake_news_laws&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Federal Law of 18 March 2019 No.31-FZ prohibits the dissemination of an "unreliable information" endangering life and/or health of individuals, and/or property, creating the risk of massive violation of public order and/or public security, or the risk of interference with the functioning of vital, transport, social infrastructure, power, industrial and communication facilities, banks and other financial institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Federal Law of 18 March 2019 No.27-FZ supplemented the article 13.15 of the <a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_Russian_Federation_on_Administrative_Offenses" title="Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses">Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses</a> with parts 9, 10 and 11 providing huge administrative fines for natural persons and juridical persons for the dissemination of "unreliable information".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to aforementioned laws, an online media is obliged to remove from its website the information designated as "unreliable" by <a href="/wiki/Roskomnadzor" title="Roskomnadzor">Roskomnadzor</a> immediately after receiving the relevant notification. In the case of non-compliance with the obligation, <a href="/wiki/Roskomnadzor" title="Roskomnadzor">Roskomnadzor</a> blocks access to the media's website. Administrative responsibility is incurred even in the case of compliance with the obligation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Application_of_law">Application of law</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_2019_fake_news_laws&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Application of law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first case of dissemination of "unreliable information" was opened in April 2019 against <a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk" title="Arkhangelsk">Arkhangelsk</a>'s resident Elena Kalinina.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first persons who were convicted under the Fake News Law are Publishing House "Moment Istiny" and its editor-in-chief Evgeniy Gneushev.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district court overturned the judgement against Publishing House "Moment Istiny" and set the case for a new consideration, but magistrate court imposed a fine again.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reaction">Reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_2019_fake_news_laws&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Council_for_Civil_Society_and_Human_Rights" title="Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights">Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights</a> opposed the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 March 2019, many journalists and human rights defenders stated that the bill would establish the government censorship which is prohibited by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Russia" title="Constitution of Russia">Constitution of Russia</a>. 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