It was introduced by a group of deputies led by People's Deputy Kniazhytsky (EU) and the heads of the committees on freedom of speech Yurchyshyn (Holos) and humanitarian policy Poturayev (Servant of the People).
In the explanatory note, they write that the Media Law does not regulate the activities of the public access platform Telegram, which they propose to correct. In particular, the platform will be obliged to delete the content of Telegram channels at the request of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting (i.e., without any court decision).
“Based on the appeal of the National Council for Television and Radio, to restrict the distribution on the territory of Ukraine of programs and/or user-defined information, in particular user-defined video, that violate the requirements of Articles 36, 42, 119 of this Law,” the draft law states.
It also includes the ability to request the blocking of both individual users and Telegram channels in Ukraine.
The draft law also proposes to equate "providers of public access to information platforms through which mass information is disseminated" with individual media entities and oblige them to comply with the provisions of the Media Law.
Providers of public access platforms must open their representative offices in Ukraine, and at the request of the National Council, they must show their ownership and financing structure.
If the provider of a public access platform refuses to disclose information about itself, then government agencies will be prohibited from using such a platform.
