Kyrgyzstan

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-07

Kyrgyzstan bars distributing to children information that harms their health or development, with an aggravated administrative fine specifically where the distribution uses mass media or an information-telecommunications network including the Internet, under Art. 74(2)-(3) of the Code on Offenses, Law No. 128 (28 October 2021), as introduced by the amending Law No. 176 of 9 August 2023.

The regulatory statute that defines the categories of harmful information and sets additional requirements for its online distribution, the Law on Measures to Prevent Harm to Children's Health, their Physical, Intellectual, Mental, Spiritual and Moral Development, Law No. 185 (21 July 2015), was amended by that same 2023 law to add Art. 2-1 (types of information harmful to children) and Art. 3-1 (additional requirements for distributing such information via information-telecommunications networks and for the circulation of information products prohibited for children); beyond Art. 1's definitions, the two articles' own text is not reproduced in the copy consulted, so they are described here only by their titles.

The Children's Code, Law No. 100 (10 July 2012), read in full, carries no chapter or provision addressing media, information distribution, or an online service; its child-victim-protection chapter (Arts. 98-102) concerns detection and state assistance for children who have already suffered violence or crime, not a duty on a distributor. A Law on Mass Media was named in the same 2023 amending package; its own provisions are not described here.