Bring a rope with you: Internet companies are asked to compile a register of prohibited sites themselves

On October 12, 2012, it became known that during a meeting that took place this week with representatives of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has offered the Internet companies to be a part of founders of the future the operator of the registry of prohibited sites, which must be created as part of the implementation laws online information control . If in September it was said that the registry of banned sites should be kept Roskomnadzor , now officials say that a single registry operator is not will. The Ministry proposes to include in the organization, which is to engage in compiling a list, "industry participants", "representatives public organizations" and "other respected people".

Representatives of large Internet companies (Google, Yandex, etc.) reacted to this proposal without enthusiasm. They drew attention to the fact that they did not support the new law in the form in which it was adopted, and their proposals for the development of a mechanism for its performance were not taken into account. As a result, the procedure for compiling the register remains unclear to them. They also expressed their belief that the responsibility for the register must be a public authority.

Sources

• Anastasia Golitsyna, Margarita Lyutova. DIY censorship // Vedomosti. 2012. October 12.