Problems of legislation improvement in the restriction of access to illegal information on the internet

The paper studies the problems of legislation improvement in the restriction of access to illegal information on the Internet. The main criteria for classifying different types, bases, and ways of blocking websites are defined. International practices in the regulation of the Internet relations and information blackout are reviewed. The stage-by-stage analysis of amendments and supplements to the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Information Security aimed at protection of citizens, society and the state from the harmful information on the Internet is carried out. The paper reviews the Unified Register of the Forbidden Websites and the criteria for the materials promoting drugs, a child pornography, incitement to suicide, online casino, extremist materials that are to be included in this register. The study investigates the features of blocking websites on the basis of anti-piracy laws in terms of copyright protection. The problems of law-enforcement practice in the field of restricting access to the forbidden websites are revealed. In addition, the author considers the Laws on Blocking of Mirrors, on Messengers, on Blocking of Anonymizers adopted in 2017.