Roskomnadzor suggests updating the data disclosure procedure.
Roskomnadzor suggests updating the operating procedure of the information system that provides operators with information about blocked sites. In particular, the agency recommends to cancel the point where Internet users should be able to check whether there are requirements of the Prosecutor General's Office about the need to remove content prohibited in the Russian Federation. The corresponding draft order was published on regulation.gov.ru On February 2, Kommersant got acquainted with the document.
According to the publication, it is proposed to remove the number of the request (official document) from the register entry on blocking initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office. In addition, operators will not be required to indicate the reasons for blocking on stub pages.
The information system contains, among other things, data on blocking by the decision of the Moscow City Court, requests from Roskomnadzor, copyright holders, and so on. The new changes concern only actions taken by the Prosecutor General's Office: it has the right to block out-of-court resources with "military fakes" and "discrediting the army", sites of undesirable organizations, calls for riots, and so on. In October 2022, direct references to the Prosecutor General's Office disappeared from the registry entries, and blockages were attributed to an unnamed agency.
The proposed changes, in fact, repeat those that Roskomnadzor put up for public discussion on December 1, 2022; the status of the previous document did not change after the anti-corruption examination. The new draft also includes other amendments: for example, the list of grounds for blocking by the Prosecutor General's Office is divided into 12 paragraphs.
The service explains the changes in an explanatory note by saying that the federal law "On Information" does not provide for the publication of the requirements of the prosecutor's office, the publication indicates.
According to IT expert Philip Kulin, the amendments will affect "public monitoring of blockages" more than the work of sites and hosters, which almost do not challenge the requirements of the Prosecutor General's Office, fearing further prosecution.
Nikita Tsaplin, CEO of RuVDS hosting provider, also notes that the amendments "will negatively affect the transparency of decision-making." If the existing procedure allows you to immediately understand why a particular resource was blocked, then with the new one it is impossible — "you will have to contact Roskomnadzor, and the answer will depend on it."
Roskomnadzor suggests updating the operating procedure of the information system that provides operators with information about blocked sites. In particular, the agency recommends to cancel the point where Internet users should be able to check whether there are requirements of the Prosecutor General's Office about the need to remove content prohibited in the Russian Federation. The corresponding draft order was published on regulation.gov.ru On February 2, Kommersant got acquainted with the document.
According to the publication, it is proposed to remove the number of the request (official document) from the register entry on blocking initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office. In addition, operators will not be required to indicate the reasons for blocking on stub pages.
The information system contains, among other things, data on blocking by the decision of the Moscow City Court, requests from Roskomnadzor, copyright holders, and so on. The new changes concern only actions taken by the Prosecutor General's Office: it has the right to block out-of-court resources with "military fakes" and "discrediting the army", sites of undesirable organizations, calls for riots, and so on. In October 2022, direct references to the Prosecutor General's Office disappeared from the registry entries, and blockages were attributed to an unnamed agency.
The proposed changes, in fact, repeat those that Roskomnadzor put up for public discussion on December 1, 2022; the status of the previous document did not change after the anti-corruption examination. The new draft also includes other amendments: for example, the list of grounds for blocking by the Prosecutor General's Office is divided into 12 paragraphs.
The service explains the changes in an explanatory note by saying that the federal law "On Information" does not provide for the publication of the requirements of the prosecutor's office, the publication indicates.
According to IT expert Philip Kulin, the amendments will affect "public monitoring of blockages" more than the work of sites and hosters, which almost do not challenge the requirements of the Prosecutor General's Office, fearing further prosecution.
Nikita Tsaplin, CEO of RuVDS hosting provider, also notes that the amendments "will negatively affect the transparency of decision-making." If the existing procedure allows you to immediately understand why a particular resource was blocked, then with the new one it is impossible — "you will have to contact Roskomnadzor, and the answer will depend on it."
