Russian FSS wants Net control
p2pnet.net News:- Russia’s federal security authorities want “broader powers” to control telecommunications and the Internet, including compulsory registration of mobile phone users with Net connectivity.
The Federal Security Service is calling for new rules for ISPs, “so that it could prevent the spread of extremist ideas, track down illegal online operations, and get access to databases with mobile telephone subscribers’ details, such as e-mail addresses,” the service’s Dmitri Frolov said, states the Novosti news agency, going on:
“The lack of clear-cut regulations on Internet operations may bring some sensitive information or misinformation into the public domain, as well as lead to copyright violations, argued Frolov.”
However, ministry of information technologies and communications deputy minister Boris Antonyuk said the use of the Internet could be regulated by more general laws already in effect, including those dealing with advertising, the protection of consumer rights, and administrative offenses, adds the report.
Something you think we should know? tips[at]p2pnet.net
See:-
Novosti – RUSSIA’S FEDERAL SECURITY BUREAU ASKS FOR MORE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL INTERNET, April 28, 2005
