Russian media to sign memorandum on fact-checking

Media holdings RBC, TASS, RIA, Rambler & Co, Interfax, Vedomosti, The Bell and ANO Dialogue are planning to sign a memorandum on fact-checking, Vedomosti wrote . The project will allow the media to be involved in verifying user-generated content on Internet platforms. https://pravo.ru/news/232606/ law and sent it to the State Duma for revision.

It is assumed that fact checkers will check the accuracy of information on such sites as Yandex.Zen, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki (Mail.ru Group), Rutube, Avito and LiveJournal. To do this, the platform must contact one of the signatories to the memorandum. If the fact checker confirms the inaccuracy of the information, the site will be able to mark the publication, pessimize it in the issue, or delete it altogether (depending on technical capabilities). The main task is to warn the user about potentially false information, the source said. The final decision – whether to recognize a fake or not – will be made by the platform itself. , historical events, shortages of this or that product, as well as against inciting ethnic hatred.
Recently Roskomnadzor demanded from the publications “Taiga.info” and NGS24 to remove the news about the shortage of food in the Taimyr village of Khatanga. The original note was based on a video made by Mikhail Ivanitsky, a deputy of the Taimyr District Council from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. In this case, and.about. Head of Khatanga Anna Bettu confirmed the shortage of products to journalists.