FSB will streamline the Internet

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The FSB proposed to oblige providers and registrars to close Internet sites at the request of the prosecutor's office, as well as provide law enforcement authorities with information about users. The FSB has proposed amendments to the law “On Information, Informatization and Protection of Information”, expanding the rights of law enforcement agencies when working with providers and Internet sites. About this "Vedomosti" said a source close to this department. A working group under the Ministry of Communications is preparing amendments, which includes, among other things, representatives of the FSB. The service’s proposals are also recorded in the summary table of the draft law “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Regulation of Relationships Using the Internet,” which was published recently by the Ministry of Communications. The law on information is proposed to be supplemented with an article regulating the relations of Internet service providers (telecom operators, hosting providers and domain registrars) with law enforcement agencies. In particular, they may be required to store information about their users and the services rendered to them for six months and provide it to law enforcement agencies. The FSB also offers to provide law enforcement agencies with the opportunity to close extremist sites by letter from the prosecutor's office within three days after receiving it. The FSB amendments suggest obliging all providers and registrars to suspend the domain by a “reasoned letter” to the head of the law enforcement agency. True, access to the site cannot be blocked for more than a month if the case is dismissed or the court ruling that the contents of the site does not violate the law has entered into force. The changes are not new, it is an attempt to bring already working mechanisms of state regulation of the Internet to common standards, said Alexander Panov, managing partner of the Hosting Community group of companies. Under the current law “On Communications”, law enforcement agencies can oblige telecom operators to suspend the operation of any resource out of court if it poses a threat to national security. In addition, according to the law “On Police,” the telecom operator is required to store user data for three months. Thus, in fact, only the period during which they will be in operational availability will change, Panov summarizes. Source: Vedomosti

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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