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Russia Makes Its Move: The Russian Internet

Via Kommersant.

Envoys of the RF Federation Council, Interior Ministry, Justice Ministry and Public Chamber presented yesterday the drafts for “legal control over the Internet.” The actual proposal is to amend mass media laws and register as mass media all web-sites with the daily audience of at least 1,000. The initiative is technically non-realizable, the analysts say.

“You can find anything in today’s Internet – kid pornography, sites of terrorists, calls for extremism, calumny. This information flow should be regulated in the legal field,” said Fed Council Senator Vladimir Slutsker, who initiated the amendments.

posted by Fergie @ 2/11/2008 11:06:00 PM