In Azerbaijan, the concept of petty hooliganism is expanding.
According to Modern.az, this issue was discussed at today's plenary session of the Milli Majlis.
Amendments will be made to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Information, Informatization and Protection of Information”.
According to the new amendment, actions that openly express disrespect for society will also be considered "petty hooliganism".
According to the aforementioned article, for petty hooliganism, a fine ranging from fifty to one hundred manats is imposed, and depending on the circumstances of the case, taking into account the identity of the offender, if the application of these measures is deemed insufficient, administrative arrest for a period of up to fifteen days is applied.
According to the draft law, in cases where actions that insult public morality, openly express disrespect for society, i.e., uttering immoral expressions or making gestures that create such an impression, or displaying parts of the human p in a manner contrary to moral norms and national-spiritual values, are publicly displayed on an internet information resource or information-telecommunication network, a fine ranging from five hundred to one thousand manats is imposed, and depending on the circumstances of the case, taking into account the identity of the offender, if the application of these measures is deemed insufficient, administrative arrest for a period of up to thirty days is applied.
The acts specified in these articles will be applied when they do not lead to criminal liability according to the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.
It was noted that recently, disrespect towards society, unethical posts and calls inconsistent with moral values, publicly displayed on social networks, are widely observed in our country. This process affects society, accelerating the degradation of our national-spiritual values, and particularly negatively impacts adolescents and youth, causing changes in their behavioral patterns. At the same time, the operating principle of social networks, which is based on promoting posts that attract more user attention, rapidly disseminates such unethical posts to a wider audience. As a result, the resulting information flow seriously harms our public morality. Existing legislation only provides for responsibility for certain categories of prohibited information. The necessity has arisen to prepare a new draft law to ensure the protection of moral values, strengthen the protection of adolescents and youth from harmful information, clarify responsibility mechanisms in the internet environment, and improve existing regulations.
The draft law was adopted in the third reading.
