Federal Law No. 149-FZ, Article 10.6, Social Network Minor-Protection Monitoring Duty
Federal Law No. 149-FZ, Art. 10.6 (added 2020)
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In force.
A social media and minors rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 10.6, added by Federal Law No. 530-FZ of 30 December 2020, applies to the owner of a Russian-language (or Russian minority-language) website, information system, or program that lets users distribute information through personal pages, where daily access exceeds 500,000 Russia-based internet users (a 'social network owner').
It requires that owner to monitor the social network for, among other things, child sexual abuse material and advertisements recruiting minors as performers in pornographic events, drug-related content, suicide-related content, and material inducing minors into unlawful acts that endanger their life or health, and to publish an annual report on complaint handling and monitoring results.
What it reaches
Covered services
social networks with more than 500,000 Russia-based daily users
Obligation class
Governance
When LexLint raises it
operates_social_platform
Read the law
Consultant.ru, codified text of Federal Law No. 149-FZ, Art. 10.6