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Roskomnadzor will analyze the Pokemon Go user agreement when the game is open to Russia. This was stated by the head of the department Alexander Zharov in an interview with Izvestia newspaper

"At the moment when Russia is open to the Pokemon Go game, we will certainly analyze the user agreement for users from the Russian Federation. We will draw conclusions whether personal data is processed and to what volume. If we are processed, we will contact the company owner and enter into dialogue for the fulfillment of the legislation of Russia," Zharov said.

According to him, this game is not the only one that uses geopropitation is connected to the smartphone camera and creates a augmented reality effect.

“There are hundreds of such games, but Pokemon GO, as they say, shot. I don’t think that the developers of this game pursued some espionage goals about updating the terrain, collecting databases, etc. I think, their main task is to make money. And, as open information shows, they earn money - and not small,” said Zharov.

In addition, Zharov opposed the censorship on Facebook. "Users who call Roskomnadzor the main censor of Runet, I think they do not understand very well what it is. Censorship involves analysis of the material before its publication and a ban on publication. We are engaged in point blocking of information, the spread of which has negative social consequences and is therefore prohibited by law. Let me remind you, this is children's pornography, gambling, suicide methods and methods Extremist materials, ”the head of the RKN said in this regard.

Zharov also called the law on the protection of personal data "an important achievement of the Russian legal system", and the anti -pirate law - the "victory of common sense."

In February, Zharov said that Roskomnadzor is developing approaches to regulate online games . He emphasized that this is "an important question, state level." According to the head of the department, "sites that are interactive venues for players, a couple of times fell into the register of prohibited information, because there was unlawful information, most often propaganda of suicide." The information was eventually deleted, but this required a lot of efforts from Roskomnadzor, said Zharov.

Also, he added, online games "invite the player to a certain interactive world where he is a) consumes information, b) begins to try on a role-playing model." "We know from the media a sufficient number of stories about the tragedies that gambling led to," the official said.

Another reason why, according to Zharov, it is necessary to regulate is the possibility of communicating terrorists through game video settings. "In Paris, terrorists organized their communications not only through encrypted messengers, but, as far as I know, through PlayStation4, where it is impossible to determine: are the calls to shoot and kill the virtual game or a real terrorist attack," the head of the department said.

Regulatory options, Zharov noted, are being worked out with experts of the Internet Development Fund, St. Petersburg State University and other organizations. “We do it very carefully and delicately and are not yet ready to voice specifics,” he added.