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| RKN reports removing the Steam website from the register of prohibited information |
| 2024-02-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Roskomnadzor (RKN) excluded one of the Steam community pages from the Unified Register of Prohibited Information due to the removal of illegal content, the RKN press service reported on February 27 in its Telegram channel. “In connection with the fulfillment of Roskomnadzor’s request to remove information prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, the website was excluded from the register. Roskomnadzor did not restrict access to the specified page,” the message said. As the department explained, one of the Steam community pages was included in the unified register of prohibited information based on a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for disseminating information about methods of producing narcotic drugs. A request was also sent to the site owner to remove the illegal content. Earlier, information appeared that Roskomnadzor included the community of the computer games and software distribution service Steam in the register of prohibited sites. The basis for inclusion in the register was the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of February 22. steamcommunity.com is not on the list of sites to which access is restricted. The community contains fan and official content for all games and programs on Steam. If blocked, Russian users may lose access to profile pages, friends lists, discussions, workshop and trading platform. As Regnum reported, earlier Roskomnadzor recalled that from March 1, 2024, a ban on the popularization of VPN services will come into force in the Russian Federation. The department also noted that means of bypassing blocking of illegal content are already banned in the country. The head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, called this measure the next step in the issue of personal data protection. He emphasized that there are no plans to completely ban such a tool as VPN, but warned that using this service risks transferring personal data to third parties. |
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