PANELISTS CALL FOR REGULATION OF RUSSIAN INTERNET

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:31:24 EST
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> PANELISTS CALL FOR REGULATION OF RUSSIAN INTERNET
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> MOSCOW, February  28 (RIA Novosti) - Participants in a panel discussion held 
> on the RIA  premises Monday agreed that Internet regulation was an 
> imperative for  Russia.
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> Just like any other area of technological activity, the Internet  has to be 
> properly regulated and controlled, argued Oleg Byakhov, head of  the 
> Communications Ministry's information development  department.
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> Speaking of regulation mechanisms, he said no special laws  were needed, but 
> that old regulatory acts should instead be readapted to the  new 
> environment. He also pointed out the importance of determining who  should 
> be held responsible for the spread of unlawful information via the  
> Internet. In his view, if an online resource posts such information, its  
> administrator should be called to account.
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> Konstantin Machabelin,  deputy head of the Interior Ministry's technology 
> department, disagrees. It  is Internet providers who shall make sure that no 
> unlawful data comes out,  he said. He also called for tougher measures 
> against online Russian media  spreading illegal information, claiming that 
> all previous efforts to deal  with the problem had not produced much effect.
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