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Ukraine: Adoption of decree on online registration worrying

Media organization Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders) report on their website that:

Reporters Without Borders expressed concern at a new decree governing registration of websites, put forward by the Ministry of Transport and Communication, that has already come under attack from the Ukrainian media.

Compulsory registration has so far been adopted only by countries that trample free expression, such as China and Vietnam, the organisation pointed out.

"This step could damage freedom of expression on the Internet. We will be watching closely to see that this registration procedure does not become obligatory for private websites," the organisation said.

posted by Fergie @ 5/26/2005 12:29:00 PM