Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War reported that the Russian authorities are preparing to introduce even stricter measures to control and censor social networks.
This information was reported by ISW, reports URA-Inform.
In In particular, Russian legislators are discussing a bill that would force owners of accounts on social networks with at least 10,000 subscribers to hand over personal personal data to the Russian federal service Roskomnadzor, and block the channel for failure to comply.
Analysts' preliminary assessment is that Roskomnadzor's proposal is part of a broader effort by the Kremlin to root out critical opinions and strengthen control over the Russian information space.
Roskomnadzor may have decided that previous measures aimed at pushing critics to withdraw for fear of losing advertising revenue do not guarantee the Russian government the ability to directly control the information space, since channel administrators who do not rely on advertising revenue will be able to continue to work anonymously.
However, the new proposals will allow the Russian government to directly censor all critical channels, which will remain anonymous.
Roskomnadzor's proposals may affect the decision-making of Telegram administrators. Its founder Pavel Durov said on July 19 that Telegram would begin showing the month and country in which a channel is registered, but noted that this is part of an effort to combat scammers on the app.
«Durov's statement is notable as he has regularly promoted Telegram as a privacy-focused, independent and censorship-free platform since its founding in 2013 year», — analysts noted.
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