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Today, September 25, RNBO secretary Alexey Danilov announced that Ukrainian users of banned social networks will be registered.
Alexey Danilov’s statement was spread over the Internet with all the splendor of a “damaged phone” You can already know people who are convinced that they risk receiving a near criminal sentence if they look at the memes on VKontakte or give someone a “class “in Odnoklassniki.
Vgorode understood what he meant and if the Ukrainians were really in danger.
Background
On May 15, 2017, Petro Poroshenko signed a blockade of the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki for three years, as part of the sanctions against the Russian Federation. Two days later, a demonstration was held under the presidential administration, in which schoolchildren and students demanded that VKontakte be returned. But this did not produce any results, and a month later the Kiev office of “VKontakte” was officially closed.
Many users did not want to give up their usual social networks, and in early 2018 VKontakte was included in the list of the five most visited sites in Ukraine. In 2020, the ban was extended, but in September it emerged that the mobile version of Vkontakte released an update that would allow Ukrainian users to return to the social network without using a VPN. Two days later, the press service of the National Security and Defense Council reported that the restoration of access to the social network VKontakte was a move of Russian special services, with the help of which they would collect data on the inhabitants of Ukraine on the eve of local elections.
“Will they jail me for memes?”
NOT. According to sanction 172, Appendix 2 of the NSDC decision of May 14, 2020, the prohibition to provide access to the resources of Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki rests with Internet providers. But about the fact that users should not go to these sites is not said anywhere.
“Will they be fined for VK?”
NOT. In 2017, information appeared on the network that the cyber police allegedly calculates VPN users and fines for using VKontakte without going through the existing sanctions. Some people received an SMS asking them to pay that fine. However, they turned out to be just tricks by the scammers, and the articles of the Penal Code to which they referred refer to the distribution of pornographic products and the exploitation of child labor.
Scammers in 2017. bigmir.net
“It is illegal to use” VK “in Ukraine”
NOT. The mere use of VKontakte or other social networks does not imply criminal liability. Neither the Criminal Code nor the Administrative Code of Ukraine contains a single article that says anything about these remedies. Also, the use of VPN is not prohibited.
What’s the score
Of course, if you use VKontakte to reveal state secrets to Russian special services, conduct terrorist activities, or engage in other illegal things, you will most likely be jailed.
However, the sanctions imposed on Mail.ru relate to economic cooperation. And chatting with friends, listening to music, or viewing funny pictures is absolutely legal. Unless Alexey Danilov hinted at imminent changes in the CCU and AKU.
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