THIRD SECTION CASE OF VLADIMIR KHARITONOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 10795/14) JUDGMENT Article 10 • Freedom to receive and impart information • Website blocked as automatic consequence of blocking order against another with same IP address • Wholesale blocking of access to an entire website being an extreme measure comparable to banning a newspaper or television station • Manner of implementation of blocking order having practical effect of extending its scope on co-hosted websites and thus far beyond illegal content originally targeted • Domestic law lacking foreseeability and safeguards against excessive and arbitrary effects of blocking measures • Extensive latitude conferred on the Russian telecoms regulator (Roskomnadzor) • No legal requirement to conduct an assessment of impact and potential collateral effects of a blocking measure prior to its implementation • Blocking measures not sanctioned by court or other independent adjudicatory body • No provision for third-party notification of blocking decisions and no access to decision • Domestic courts’s failure to perform a Convention-compliant review weighing up various interests at stake Article 13 in conjunction with Article 10 • Effective remedy • Failure of courts to consider the substance of grievance or to examine lawfulness or proportionality of effects of blocking order STRASBOURG 23 June 2020 FINAL 16/11/2020 This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.