Censorship in ByNet
On February 1, Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree imposing censorship on the Internet. The decree takes effect on July 1. Reporters without Borders, an international human rights organization, states Belarus will be put on the list of Enemies of the Internet, joining such countries as China, North Korea, Burma, and Iran. Will Belarusian Internet users be able to defend their right to receive and give free information?
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Topic: Censorship in ByNet
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14:22 Mikhailauski park for free Internet (Photo) 5
The civil campaign European Belarus carried out an action in Minsk on February 4 to defend the Belarusian Internet.
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16:57 European Union condemns decree on Internet censorship in Belarus 19
The European Union thinks the decree puts more restrictions on freedom of speech in Belarus.
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15:43 “Reporters without Borders”: Belarusian authorities become “Enemies of Internet” 12
No matter how Lukashenka would call his decree on Internet, control over the web is to become more tough, believes the human rights organisation “Reporters without Borders”.
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11:03 Zhanna Litvina: Decree on Internet needs evaluation by OSCE and Council of Europe 5
The head of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) commented on the Decree for Revising Measures of the National Segment of the World Wide Web signed by Lukashenka.
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18:44 Controversial decree on Internet censorship signed (text of the document, updated) 102
The scandalous decree on national segment of the Internet has been signed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The decree is to come into effect on July 1.
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10:36 Authorities tighten control over Internet users 9
The Belarusian telecommunication operators have been obliged to keep information on services rendered to their clients for five years.
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10:04 DDoS attack on charter97.org 16
The website Charter’97 is under a DDoS attack. It was launched at 9:30 a.m. (Minsk time) and continues now.
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8:52 OSCE against decree on internet censorship in Belarus 5
The new law shouldn’t become a restrainer for freedom of expression on the web.
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8:52 Pyatkevich: “Barriers should be put in Internet” 80
Internet should be subject to regulatory activities, the first deputy head of Lukashenka’s presidential administration said.
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9:17 Hillary Clinton: State censorship in Internet inacceptable 4
The US Secretary of State delivered a speech I Washington supporting freedom of expression on the web.
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9:20 Lukashenka has created secret service for Internet 110
The Operating and Analytical centre under the president is given a right to control online correspondence of Belarusians and monitor which websites they browse.
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12:09 Litvina: “Draft decree on Internet wasn’t discussed in Consultative Council on Media” 4
Lukashenka’s Administration is considering the draft decree on regulating the Internet in Belarus.
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9:50 Authorities banned discussing decree on Internet censorship 23
The Belarusian Language Society (BLS) named after Francysk Skaryna received a warning of the Ministry of Justice saying discussing draft decrees of Lukashenka disaccord with the organization’s charter.
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16:07 Dictator says Internet is a “dump”, but is going to regulate it 75
Lukashenka in fact confirmed his plans on Internet regulation in Belarus at a press conference on December 30.
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8:54 Media: Lukashenka to turn screws on Internet by New Year’s Eve 21
The Belarusian authorities hurry to impose censorship in the Internet as early as possible ahead of the forthcoming elections.
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18:04 How to circumvent site blocking? 47
One should understand that Internet is on distributed principle, and there is always a possibility to circumvent of the website at the level of your provider.
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8:40 Dictator vs Internet: who will win? 141
The Belarusian authorities want to declare war against the Internet. Are we ready to defend ourselves?
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9:03 Council of Ministers discussing Lukashenka’s decree on Internet control 50
A final variant of the Decree on Measures for Revising Use of the National Segment of the World Wide Web may be signed on December 24.
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13:41 Charter’97 website faces second cyber attack over past week 18
The website charter97.org met a DDoS attack at 1:30 p.m. today. The technical support service managed to minimize the consequences; the website is available for users, but the attack is still going on.
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12:02 Will anyt bucreacrat be able to close a website? 24
Such are the provisions of the draft decree of Alyaksandr Lukashenka on Internet space, the European Radio for Belarus notes.
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13:30 Zisser: “Pyatkevich promised not to licence Internet in the nearest time” 19
One of the founders of the Internet portal TUT.by expressed his concern over preparation of the draft decree restricting activity of Belarusian news websites.
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18:05 Decree on Internet limitations prepared in Belarus (Text of the document) 92
It is planned that the Council of Ministers together with special services and providers is to control work of web-sites.
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