[chapter-delegates] Fwd: Russian Security Authorities Seek New ISP Regulation

[Veni Markovski]

FYI.
One of the aspects of Internet Governance, in its broad term.


>From: "Mikhail Doroshevich" <mikhail at e-belarus.org>
>
>Russian Security Authorities Seek New ISP Regulation
>
>Russian security authorities should be given broader powers to control
>telecommunications and the Internet, argues Dmitri Frolov, of the
>Federal Security Service's Information Security Center. The Federal
>Security Service proposes setting new rules for Internet providers 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, Frolov said. There
>should be compulsory registration of mobile phone users with Internet
>connectivity.
>
>http://i-policy.typepad.com/informationpolicy/2005/05/russian_securit.ht
>ml