Roskomnadzor announced an increase in the number of complaints about fakes by 25.5% in six months

Roskomnadzor reported a 25.5% increase in the number of complaints from citizens for the six months of 2022 to fakes on the Internet, including about a special operation, to 144,835 compared to the same period in 2021.

“In the first half of 2022, Roskomnadzor and its territorial offices received 144,835 applications from citizens, which is 25.5% more than in the same period last year. Of these, 19,067 were in writing, 101 orally, and 125,667 in electronic format,” the press service of the regulator said.

The largest number of requests was recorded in March – 10,323 messages. Most often, the Russians turned to the regulator with requests to remove links to resources with pro-Ukrainian propaganda.

The largest number of questions sent to the RNC in the first half of the year concerned the placement of information on the Internet about the conduct of a special operation in Ukraine. “The number of questions on the topic of prohibited materials amounted to 63,592, which is almost twice as many as in the same period last year,” the regulator said.

In addition to CBO, another popular topic was the protection of personal data. The department received 27,212 appeals from citizens, the RNC specified. Also, 15,799 appeals related to the control (supervisory) activities of Roskomnadzor in the field of communications – the regulator received 4,179 appeals on this topic. “In addition to the appeals that citizens sent to Roskomnadzor personally, a significant part of them were redirected from various government agencies. The total number of applications received by the central office of the Service from government agencies exceeded 8.8 thousand,” the RNC added.

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