The Rada may soon consider a bill to restrict Telegram in Ukraine
The Verkhovna Rada may soon put on the agenda draft law No. 11115, which concerns the regulation of Telegram and other platforms.
The Verkhovna Rada may soon put on the agenda draft law No. 11115, which concerns the regulation of Telegram and other platforms.
According to Glavkom, the author of the bill, Mykola Kniazhytsky, expects that the document can be put on the agenda and voted on in the first reading in the next plenary week. The Verkhovna Rada’s agenda refers to bill No. 11115 on regulating the activities of information sharing platforms through which mass information is distributed.
In fact, this is an attempt to give the state more tools to influence Telegram and other similar platforms. The idea of the document is to oblige such services to be more transparent to the state, in particular regarding the ownership structure and sources of funding. They also want to establish a requirement for them to have an official representative to interact with the Ukrainian side, if the platform is not registered in the EU.
The author of the initiative insists that the law is needed to protect against hostile information influences. According to him, if the platform does not respond to demands to remove content harmful to the state, sanctions may be provided for it — from fines to restrictions on the use of such networks by state bodies. Kniazhytsky also admits that the document may be made stricter before the second reading.
At the same time, there is no unified position on this project in the parliament. The head of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, Mykyta Poturayev, believes that such an initiative may contradict European rules, in particular the EU Digital Services Act and the European Media Freedom Act. That is why the discussion around the draft law is ongoing: some deputies consider it necessary now, others speak of the risk of conflict with Ukraine’s future obligations to the EU.
Bill No. 11115 was registered on March 25, 2024. The parliament’s website indicates that on February 10, 2026, it was included in the agenda of the thirteenth session of the Verkhovna Rada, and the committee on humanitarian and information policy was designated as the focus. It was after the deputies' statements about a possible consideration in the upcoming plenary week that the topic returned to the public agenda.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how, according to data from an all-Ukrainian survey by the Rating Sociological Group, the majority of Ukrainians do not support blocking Telegram, but approve of increased surveillance by law enforcement officers.
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