Social Network “VKontakte” has not received the documents for the Prohibition of MDK community – TASS

ST PETERSBURG, 16 February. / Corr. Roman Podervyansky TASS /. The administration of social network “VKontakte” has not received the documents for the current ban on the website MDK community. Told TASS reported the press service of the company

“We have not received any documents, – said the spokesman.” VKontakte “-. We have no court decision or notice from Roskomnadzor without them. accordingly, there is no our response “

As explained Tass representatives of the company.” Sarafanka “rightholder brand MDK, they would wait for the full text of the court decision (expected within a couple of weeks – approx Tass.) to him read and then decide on further steps.

according to the information received by Tass, the lock by the court decision comes only when enters the appropriate prescription of Roskomnadzor.

The community MDK there are now more than 7.2 million subscribers in the social network “VKontakte”. It has already changed the picture in your profile on the black square on the page attached the word “forbidden in the territory of the Russian Federation”, also on a black background. However, the community continues to work.

City Court decision

St Petersburg City Court upheld the trial court’s decision to limit access to the MDK community in the social network “VKontakte”. He considered the appeal of companies “Sarafanka” and “Hermes” decision Smolny district court of St. Petersburg on October 27

“The court decided to leave the court decision unchanged, appeals dismissed,” -. Said the chairman of the college <. /> p>

at the meeting, representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office and the company “Sarafanka”, owner of the exclusive rights to the trademark MDK. There were no representatives of Roskomnadzor, and the company “Hermes”, which has administrative rights in the community and asked to consider the appeal in her absence.

Background

Smolninskiy District Court of St. Petersburg has recognized October 27, 2015 prohibited information MDK in the entertainment community and ordered to restrict access to it, satisfied the appeal of the city prosecutor’s office. This decision has not come into force because the franchisor brand MDK, the company “Sarafanka” appealed the ruling to a higher court.

In August last year, St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office appealed to the court for recognition of information in MDK community forbidden to the spread in the Russian Federation. resource audit was conducted at the request of the citizen. Within its framework, it was found that it “placed information materials that offend the feelings of believers, degrading various groups of people on the grounds of religion or nationality.” Russian State Pedagogical University Experts them. Herzen carried conclusion, confirming the conclusions of the prosecutor’s office.