The head of Roskomnadzor explained the essence of the law on anonymizers
The head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov explained the essence of the law on blocking of anonymizers and VPN.
In message Roskomnadzor received by “Газету.Ru”, Zharov urged to be precise in wording and to “understand the merits”. Federal law of 29.07.2017 No. 276-FZ as follows:
The Minister noted that according to the law approved the procedure for the performance of Federal Executive authorities, carrying out operatively-search activity or security of the Russian Federation (MVD and FSB), Roskomnadzor sends a proxy service or a VPN “anonymizer” the requirement to connect to FGIS to limit access to prohibited in the Russian Federation, Internet resources, the connection is given 30 days.
If this requirement is not executed after 3 days, the Roskomnadzor may be taken the decision to restrict access to the relevant service.
Also the operators of search engines should also join the FGIS and remove prohibited resources from its issuance.
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