Restricted to the distribution of 673 Internet resources and links

The Information Committee of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan continuously monitors the information field, including social media, for compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The monitoring covers republican and regional print media, TV channels, domestic and foreign Internet resources.

For the period from April 1 to April 30, 2022, in accordance with paragraph 1-1 of Article 41-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Communications", the regulations of the authorized body restricted the distribution of 673 Internet resources and links.

By types of violations:

- propaganda of extremism – 5;

- distribution of pornography – 133;

- propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors – 20;

- gambling business – 272;

- advertising – 24;

- administrative offense – 4;

- fraud – 197;

- placement of information harmful to the health, moral and spiritual development of the child - 18.

In addition, the Committee is working on registering the media.

In April of this year, 22 mass media were registered in Kazakhstan, of which 7 are periodicals, 14 are news agencies and online publications. (6 NA, 8 OP); 1 - foreign TV channel.

We also inform you that 38 media outlets have been retrained.

Thus, as of May 3, 2022, 5,173 mass media were registered in Kazakhstan, of which 3,672 are periodicals, 191 are TV channels, 84 are radio, 948 are news agencies and online publications. (533-NA, 415 OP).

Domestic media – 4895

Foreign media - 278.

The most numerous group remains printed – 3672 of the total number of registered mass media, of which newspapers – 2179 and magazines – 1493