League of Safe Internet again offers to introduce pre-filtering runet
According to Vedomosti, the Safe Internet League (LBI) is again going to make a proposal on pre-filtering the Russian Internet. This time LBI proposes blocking all sites that are not included in the league’s white lists. According to one of the sources of the publication, these issues will be discussed in more detail at the Safe Internet Forum in mid-May.
Initially, the topic of filtering the Russian Internet was raised by the deputy Elena Mizulina, the chairperson of the Committee on Family, Women and Children. “Now, in order to clean up the home Internet from everything that could harm a child, you need to do a whole range of manipulations: purchase software, with parental control, delve into computer settings, install a filter, etc. It makes sense to turn the situation 180 degrees. Initially, to ensure the setting of “clean Internet” at the level of a telecom operator, by providing the opportunity for users to turn it off. ”, Mizulina said in an interview with Izvestia.
For those who wish to maintain unlimited access to the Internet, she suggested additionally introducing special agreements with the telecom operator.
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Representatives of the LBI and the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov, discussed this issue last Wednesday. At the meeting, Zharov was given the text of the corresponding draft law, which, however, differs little from the previous one. According to the source "Vedomosti", the essence of the bill is that operators create a "technical solution" to block sites from the blacklist. Following the meeting, it was decided to postpone the bill and discuss its nuances with the operators.
“We understand that in a crisis, it will be quite difficult for operators to provide their networks with the equipment necessary for prefiltration, and we want to test the solution developed by him, together with Roskomnadzor. We will need more time for this, ”explains the representative of the league.
For the first time, the LBI’s proposal was stated in a letter that was sent to the operators of Internet services in October 2014. Operators have reacted negatively, as filtering of the RuNet in real time requires huge computational costs, as well as material costs for the installation of additional equipment.
In December, the league prepared another version of the proposal - filtering by whitelisting. “These are sites that have been verified and contain information only permitted by Russian law,” said Denis Davydov, executive director of LBI.
Dmitry Solodovnikov, a representative of the MTS, believes that the proposed measures are poorly implementable and may adversely affect the development of the Internet in Russia. He fears that such proposals may be the second attempt to introduce a "tax on the Internet."
“The solution proposed by LBI is inefficient in technical terms, since semantic filtering algorithms can work only with text, but not with audio, video and photo content. In addition, such algorithms are not able to filter out encrypted data transfer protocols (HTTPS, VPN or TOR), whose share in the traffic of operators is growing at a rapid pace, ”explains Solodovnikov.
Initially, the topic of filtering the Russian Internet was raised by the deputy Elena Mizulina, the chairperson of the Committee on Family, Women and Children. “Now, in order to clean up the home Internet from everything that could harm a child, you need to do a whole range of manipulations: purchase software, with parental control, delve into computer settings, install a filter, etc. It makes sense to turn the situation 180 degrees. Initially, to ensure the setting of “clean Internet” at the level of a telecom operator, by providing the opportunity for users to turn it off. ”, Mizulina said in an interview with Izvestia.
For those who wish to maintain unlimited access to the Internet, she suggested additionally introducing special agreements with the telecom operator.
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Representatives of the LBI and the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov, discussed this issue last Wednesday. At the meeting, Zharov was given the text of the corresponding draft law, which, however, differs little from the previous one. According to the source "Vedomosti", the essence of the bill is that operators create a "technical solution" to block sites from the blacklist. Following the meeting, it was decided to postpone the bill and discuss its nuances with the operators.
“We understand that in a crisis, it will be quite difficult for operators to provide their networks with the equipment necessary for prefiltration, and we want to test the solution developed by him, together with Roskomnadzor. We will need more time for this, ”explains the representative of the league.
For the first time, the LBI’s proposal was stated in a letter that was sent to the operators of Internet services in October 2014. Operators have reacted negatively, as filtering of the RuNet in real time requires huge computational costs, as well as material costs for the installation of additional equipment.
In December, the league prepared another version of the proposal - filtering by whitelisting. “These are sites that have been verified and contain information only permitted by Russian law,” said Denis Davydov, executive director of LBI.
Dmitry Solodovnikov, a representative of the MTS, believes that the proposed measures are poorly implementable and may adversely affect the development of the Internet in Russia. He fears that such proposals may be the second attempt to introduce a "tax on the Internet."
“The solution proposed by LBI is inefficient in technical terms, since semantic filtering algorithms can work only with text, but not with audio, video and photo content. In addition, such algorithms are not able to filter out encrypted data transfer protocols (HTTPS, VPN or TOR), whose share in the traffic of operators is growing at a rapid pace, ”explains Solodovnikov.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/289198/
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