MOSCOW, January 8. /TASS/. Russia’s Prosecutor-General's Office together with relevant agencies has drafted a bill on prompt blocking of illegal content on the Internet using a specialized information system, the press service of the supervisory body told TASS.

"The Prosecutor-General's Office together with the Ministry for Digital Technology, Communication and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media - TASS) are currently involved in meticulous work aimed at improving the mechanism of combating the spread of illegal content on the Internet. They have jointly drafted a bill, which regulates a prompt solution on blocking malicious websites using a specialized information system," the press service said.

The Prosecutor-General's Office noted that it constantly monitors information on the Internet, messengers and social networks regarding illegal content. Last year only (as of December 25) the watchdog submitted over 2,000 requests on extrajudicial restraint of access to information on the Internet to the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (1,699 requests in 2022).

Moreover, the Prosecutor-General's Office detects online services offering purchase of falsified documents or those containing information violating laws ‘On market of securities’, ‘On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation’, ‘On banks and banking activities’ (with suggestions of investments in securities or receiving credit services bypassing the existing legislation norms, including pyramid schemes - TASS). In 2023, the supervisory body submitted 306 requests on restricting access to 41,798 such online resources to the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.