Roskomnadzor appealed to the administration of the Internet encyclopedia “Wikipedia” with a demand to remove unreliable information on the topic of a military special operation in Ukraine. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the department.
Roskomnadzor noted that the appeal to the management of the portal was made after the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. The press service of the RKN reported that the Internet encyclopedia uses deceitful content, which is aimed at misinforming Russians. According to the department, for refusing to delete illegal information at its request, an administrative fine for legal entities in the amount of up to 4 million rubles is provided.
Earlier, Vasily Piskarev, head of the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, announced a draft law on criminal responsibility for fakes related to the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.