Russian Federation: : Anonymous access to internet denied

• Autores: Andrei Richter
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 8, 2014, págs. 37-38
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation signed on 31 July 2014 Ordnance of the Government that amends current rules of access to Internet effectively banning availability of this service to anonymous users.

    The Ordnance refers to the recently adopted changes in the laws related to information online (see IRIS 2014-6/31) and demands from those providing universal Internet service in points of collective access, as well as from any other Internet service providers at public spots including wi-fi, to demand identification of the users, collect and store this data for a six-month period.