Recently, the U.S. government has more control over the content of Internet communications. It is stated in the report about the "situation with human rights in the U.S." whichhab been issued by the Russian Foreign Ministryon on October 23.
The ministry said that censorship in the U.S. Internet segment is how to use the law hrough the pressure on companies "that are responsible for the web content."
As an illustration of the first method is the Law "On Protection of Children in the Internet" (Children Internet Protection Act, 2000), who in exchange for the grant of access to the Internet requires schools and libraries to create filters to block certain pages. In addition, the claim in the Foreign Ministry, the U.S. government under the threat of prosecution "pushes" the removal of the web pages of "undesirable" information. "
According to Lenta.ru, the report mentions the bill under consideration in Congress, "the exchange and protection of intelligence information about cyberthreats" ("Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act"), which, according to the authors, provide the government with virtually unlimited opportunities to monitor Internet activity private persons.
Americans expressing views on the Internet that do not coincide with the traditional ideology, risk being ostracized or even losing their jobs, are summarized in the Foreign Ministry. In addition, the Ministry stated that the U.S. has used the Internet to "propaganda war".
The report was read out by the State Duma on October 22 in the course of hearings on "issues of human rights by the United States of America." It was noted that the proceedings are confined to the presidential elections to be held in the U.S. on November 6.
Meanwhile, on November 1 in Russia comes into the Federal Law № 139, in which the country will establish a register of sites with prohibited content. A number of representatives of major Internet companies have stated that the law was drafted without consulting the industry and that it may be a prerequisite for the introduction of censorship in RuNet. Meanwhile, according to a recent poll, censorship on the web supported by almost two-thirds of Russians.
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The ministry said that censorship in the U.S. Internet segment is how to use the law hrough the pressure on companies "that are responsible for the web content."
As an illustration of the first method is the Law "On Protection of Children in the Internet" (Children Internet Protection Act, 2000), who in exchange for the grant of access to the Internet requires schools and libraries to create filters to block certain pages. In addition, the claim in the Foreign Ministry, the U.S. government under the threat of prosecution "pushes" the removal of the web pages of "undesirable" information. "
According to Lenta.ru, the report mentions the bill under consideration in Congress, "the exchange and protection of intelligence information about cyberthreats" ("Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act"), which, according to the authors, provide the government with virtually unlimited opportunities to monitor Internet activity private persons.
Americans expressing views on the Internet that do not coincide with the traditional ideology, risk being ostracized or even losing their jobs, are summarized in the Foreign Ministry. In addition, the Ministry stated that the U.S. has used the Internet to "propaganda war".
The report was read out by the State Duma on October 22 in the course of hearings on "issues of human rights by the United States of America." It was noted that the proceedings are confined to the presidential elections to be held in the U.S. on November 6.
Meanwhile, on November 1 in Russia comes into the Federal Law № 139, in which the country will establish a register of sites with prohibited content. A number of representatives of major Internet companies have stated that the law was drafted without consulting the industry and that it may be a prerequisite for the introduction of censorship in RuNet. Meanwhile, according to a recent poll, censorship on the web supported by almost two-thirds of Russians.
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