“To date, 633 Telegram channels have been recognized as extremist.
Since the beginning of the year, 237 citizens have been detained through the GUBOPiK for distributing materials recognized as extremist.
Over the past year, 315 people were detained for such offenses,” BelTA quotes him.
Tkachuk noted that for the dissemination of materials recognized as extremist, citizens face administrative liability.
“Currently, an initiative is being considered, according to which citizens can be held accountable, including for subscribing to such Internet resources,” he added.
Earlier it was reported that a number of videos of the YouTube channel “vdud” were recognized as extremist in Belarus.