Russia threatens media with penalties for “intentionally misleading” reports about the spread of plague in Siberia. It calls on them to remove the reports (🇷🇺)

In response to: Russia’s communications regulator responds to plague claims

• Confirmed Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺) threatened media with penalties for intentionally misleading plague reports in Siberia. per Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺)^{1 2} 2
  • Confirmed Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺) said measures would target reports with significant societal impact. per Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺)¹ 1
• Confirmed Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺) said the authority could require media to remove intentionally false materials and block source access after refusal. per Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺)
• Confirmed Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺) urged journalists to use only official information about the situation in Irkutsk Region. per Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺)² 2
• Confirmed Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺) reminded media owners, internet portals and social media account holders of responsibility for spreading false reports. per Roskomnadzor (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺)^{1 2}

The reports (3)

• Russia threatens media with penalties for “intentionally misleading” reports about the spread of plague in Siberia. It calls on them to remove the reportsTa3 (🇸🇰) · Slovak · 9 Oct, 08:42
• Russian authorities threatened to punish media outlets for spreading false reports about the plaguedenik.cz (🇨🇿) · Czech · 9 Oct, 08:43
• Pneumonic plague in Russia: Roskomnadzor threatens penalties for spreading reports about the infectioniDNES.cz (🇨🇿) · Czech · 9 Oct, 10:30