Roskomnadzor spokesman Vadim Ampelonsky told “Izvestia” on the measures which the supervisory authority has undertaken during the block “Wikipedia”. As well as plans for checking Facebook and other foreign IT-companies for compliance with the law “On Personal Data».
On Monday, August 24 Roskomnadzor blacklisted Wikipedia article devoted to narcotic substance charas. Internet encyclopedia works over an encrypted protocol https – its use does not allow a single block page. Therefore, due to blockage of a single article all the “Wikipedia” was blocked in Russia. The decision to recognize notes on Charas prohibited Chernoyarsky district court ruled the Astrakhan region at the request of the local prosecutor’s office. But on Tuesday, August 25 online encyclopedia has been excluded from the black list.
– What are the arguments guided Chernoyarsky District Court, making its decision? On whose expert opinion he relied, recognizing the illegal paper?
– These questions are right and natural for the idle citizen. But not for the law enforcer who was entered into force and are not contested in the established order of the court and must – emphasize obliged – to fulfill it.
When the court decision was received by Roskomnadzor, we especially given the situation as much as possible public status . We were quite sure that the community and “Wikipedia”, and the administration of the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet encyclopedia would react to information about how to make the drug as well as any sane person, that is, as an absolute evil.
We were unpleasantly surprised when the Executive Director of “Wikimedia Ru” [Stanislav] Kozlowski began to use the time required for implementation of the law, the deployment of large-scale information campaign. Its purpose, in our opinion, is to maximize the emotional pressure on Roskomnadzor the public and the media. Apparently, hoping thereby to influence the decision of the supervisory authority.
– In all likelihood, affect succeeded. You have removed the article from the registry?
– enforcement decisions are alien emotions. We are used to dealing with legal documents. So we turned to the Competence Centre for Drugs – Federal Service for Drug Control (FDCS). Their experts have confirmed to us that this information is in the court’s decision is illegal, that is, it must be removed or fully edited.
– «Wikipedia” had much to edit an article?
– We appreciated the efforts of the community “Wikipedia” to change the text of the original article, which was taken on Saturday and Sunday. Primary article “Charas”, which did not have any confirming source, and therefore do not comply with even the “Wikipedia”, has been completely redesigned encyclopedia editors. The text has become a truly academic and scientifically sound.
– But then it is unclear why the “Wikipedia” is still included in the black list, and a few hours later excluded from it?
– We do not have competence in order to assess whether to stay in the new text information is illegal or not. We appealed to the Federal Drug Control Service of the new expert opinion.
On Monday came “X hour”. We were directed to lock the link that was specified in the court decision. Let the original article, and migrated with her, but it continued to be a URL hyperlink to the revised text of article Charas, the lawful nature of which by that time had not been documented by experts Federal Drug Control Service. So at night, at 23.55, the reference has been included in unloading carriers and is aimed at blocking.
On Tuesday morning we got the conclusion of Federal Drug Control Service, which confirms the new text of the article contains no violations of the law. “Wikipedia” was immediately removed from the registry.
In fact, the judgment was enforced, an article in “Wikipedia” of the narcotic substance was given to the scientific mind, and lock resource was actually invisible to most subscribers of the Russian Internet providers.
– Explain one more loud story. On Tuesday, several media reported that Roskomnadzor met to Facebook about the updated law “On personal data”, entering into force on 1 September. According to the amendments, all companies must keep personal information about Russian citizens in Russia. Is it really so?
– Normally we do not comment on the details of confidential discussions with certain companies. But in the current situation in the media began to spread information with reference to some anonymous sources, which categorically affirms the refusal of Facebook to fulfill the requirements of entering into force of the localization in Russia databases with personal data of the Russians.
This information is not true. At the meeting, the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov with Facebook spokesman Thomas Christensen Company has been provided with all the needed information about the requirements of the new law and the mechanisms of its implementation. Mr. Christensen, in turn, told the leadership of departments in some detail how the company Facebook collects, processes and stores data users. The conversation took place in a constructive spirit, and we hope that Facebook’s soon fulfill the promise to announce a formal position on the transfer of databases with personal data of Russian consumers for servers located in Russia.
– You believe them a word or September 1 for all companies, including those for Facebook, will check, whether the data is stored in Russia or not?
– Checks of Facebook, as well as other foreign Internet giants, in connection with the execution of the law in 2015 is not planned. The plan inspections for the following year will be approved in the IV quarter of 2015. General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation.
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