Monday, August 24, 2015

Roskomnadzor block “Wikipedia” in Russia – RBC

Roskomnadzor sent a lock operators the page address in the “Wikipedia” with information about the banned narcotic substances, according to a press release agency. If the article is to be blocked, it can lead to the blocking of all resources, told RBC Stanislav Kozlovsky, executive director of the NGO “Wikimedia RU” (engaged in the support of “Wikipedia” in Russian).

The representatives of telecom operators Rostelecom and MTS told RBC that has not yet received any orders from Roskomnadzor.

The founder of the non-profit project “Roskomsvoboda” monitoryaschego lock in RuNet, Artem Kozlyuk told RBC that at the time the statements Roskomnadzor registry banned information was not pages “Wikimedia RU”, and still he does not see the pages online Library among prohibited. Kozlyuk suggested that the technical service has not yet made the appropriate entry in the registry.

narcotic effect

The discontent caused Roskomnadzor article entitled “Charas”. The regulator has demanded to remove the article, since it contains information on how to prepare drugs. According to the decision Chernojarsky District Court of the Astrakhan region, this page has been entered in the register maintained by Roskomnadzor. As explained the representative of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky, it happened August 18th.

Up to 24 August, “Wikipedia”, according to Russian law, it was time to remove the information that caused the dissatisfaction of the regulator. However, the company refused to remove the article. Such a move Kozlowski previously explained that “the decision to delete the article, participants take” Wikipedia “. And in the course of discussion, the majority voted against the measure, according to officials of “Wikipedia”.

Last weekend, “Wikipedia” to change the address of the article. In addition, as explained Kozlowski, has been rewritten and the material itself – in the article are now left only academic sources, such as the UN website.

August 24 after “Wikipedia” has changed the address of the controversial article, Roskomnazor asked the Federal Service for Drug Control (FDCS) examination – now taken enough action to address violations, explained RBC Ampelonsky. In the afternoon, the agency sent out an official release, which means that no matter what, “illegal character placed in the” Wikipedia “information confirmed by examination, and the relevant decision of Federal Drug Control Service».

«Actions” Wikipedia “was not aimed at fulfillment of the law or challenging in the manner prescribed by law, and to ensure that grant users access to prohibited information, “- said in a conversation with RBC Ampelonsky. “As for the decision of the administration” Wikipedia “online resource functions based on HTTPS, the do not allow limitations of access to individual pages, Block would be the whole resource,” – explained earlier RBC Roskomnadzor.

The second page address of narcotic material will also be entered in the register, Roskomnadzor spokesman added. While the “Wikipedia” is given three days to remove the information from the page to the new address.

As explained in a conversation with a representative of RBC “Wikipedia”, the representatives of Roskomnadzor did not come out on bond, did not respond to calls: the company only received formal notification of the page making the roster. “No attempt to contact us not. I have no explanation why Roskomnadzor decided to lock. Versions other than the top of the order, I do not “- said Kozlovsky.

« If the state represented by Roskomnadzor decided to block the “Wikipedia”, then so be it, “- said earlier Kozlovsky. This has already happened in a number of countries – such as China, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia.

The operating principle

After you make a particular page in the register, carriers are discharged (several times a day) a complete list and further obliged to restrict access to Prohibited Content. Most of the major telecom operators have the ability to block only one page, but if this is not possible, locked is the whole resource.

«The law prescribes a lock resource in case of failure to lock individual pages, but this is not the case” – I told RBC representative of “Acad” Denis Rychka. The operator will be able to limit access to a single page, including working on https. “Locking is automatic, and even experts ISP do not always see exactly what is blocked, since the system automatically communicates with the registry of Roskomnadzor,” – he explained

The representative of MTS also said that the problem locked all the resource will be solved, but not yet announced further details. The “VimpelCom” declined to comment.

The law “On the protection of children from harmful information”, effective 1 September 2012, suggests that the websites or individual pages of resources can get into the black list for the materials containing child pornography, information on the manufacture of drugs and how to commit suicide. Amendments to the law “On Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information”, require the owner of a site to block or remove illegal content within days, otherwise the access must be limited to the provider.

What is a” Wikipedia »

« Wikipedia »was founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Online Library is the “symbol of the era of interaction in which we live, and it’s not just a tool, it is a dream come true, as old as the human intellect and the meeting of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina,” the statement said UNESCO on the occasion of awarding Wales a special award of this organization – Golden the medal of Niels Bohr.

Today “Wikipedia” is the most popular online library in the world. Resource closes the top ten most visited sites on the internet, according to statistics Similarweb.com, monthly attendance area – about 2.4 billion. The Russian “Wikipedia” – the seventh most visited item: in June 2015 the monthly audience of the site amounted to 30 million people aged 12 64 years old, from the data TNS.

article in “Wikipedia” on the 277 languages ​​of the world written by volunteers. Formal examination article does not pass – edit their community members. The resource is owned by an American non-profit organization “Wikimedia Foundation”, which has 39 regional offices, including in Russia.

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