Council may decriminalize OnlyFans as early as next week
On May 28, the Verkhovna Rada may consider bill No. 12191, which effectively removes criminal liability from authors of adult content on platforms like OnlyFans.
On May 28, the Verkhovna Rada may consider bill No. 12191, which effectively removes criminal liability from authors of adult content on platforms like OnlyFans.
This is stated in a post on Telegram by Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a People’s Deputy from Holos.
The bill was registered back in November 2024. The Law Enforcement Committee recommended its adoption in December, but after that the document lay dormant for over a year. It was only included on the agenda in February 2026.
What is changing?
The current Article 301 of the Criminal Code punishes the production, storage, and distribution of pornographic materials in general. The new version focuses on crimes against minors — and removes the rules that allow adults to be prosecuted for content between consenting adults.
Liability for up to 12 years in prison remains — but only for coercion of minors.
The authors of the bill — MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak and colleagues from the law enforcement committee — emphasize that the document does not apply to child pornography, deepfake content without consent, or revenge porn. It only protects adult authors from criminal prosecution.
According to Economic Truth, a significant portion of cases under Article 301 today are not organized production, but the persecution of creators or the discovery of content during searches in completely different cases.
Zheleznyak also points to a logical conflict: a law on taxation of electronic platforms is being considered in parallel. It turns out that the state wants to collect taxes from creators — and at the same time put them in prison.
However, according to the People’s Deputy, there are still not enough votes for approval.
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The National Police opposes the decriminalization of porn, because the Russians could use it to «destabilize the situation»
The National Police opposes the decriminalization of porn, because the Russians could use it to «destabilize the situation»
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