Russian Internet Restriction Laws

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Internet regulation law
gptkbp:affects Search engines
Social media platforms
Internet service providers in Russia
Ordinary internet users in Russia
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Sovereign Internet Law
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Reporters_Without_Borders
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkb:Freedom_House
gptkb:Human_Rights_Watch
Human rights organizations
Enabling mass surveillance
Threatening freedom of expression
gptkbp:dateEnacted 2019
gptkbp:enables Creation of national domain name system
Disconnection from global internet in emergencies
Government control over internet traffic routing
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Roskomnadzor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Internet Restriction Laws
gptkbp:impact International criticism
Increased government surveillance
Reduced internet freedom in Russia
Self-censorship by online platforms
Technical challenges for ISPs
gptkbp:legalBasis Federal Law No. 242-FZ
Federal Law No. 276-FZ
Federal Law No. 97-FZ
gptkbp:mainProvision Requires ISPs to install deep packet inspection equipment
Allows government to block access to content
Mandates data localization
Enables government to isolate Russian internet (Runet) from global internet
gptkbp:notableEvent Blocking of Facebook and Instagram in 2022
Blocking of LinkedIn
Partial blocking of Telegram
Slowing down of Twitter in 2021
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:censorship
National security
Control of information flow
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Great_Firewall_of_China
gptkb:Runet
Digital sovereignty
Internet censorship in Russia
gptkbp:relatedLegislation Federal Law No. 149-FZ
Federal Law No. 90-FZ
Yarovaya Law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Russian_internet_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8