A new law in Russia designed to protect children online will shut down illegal websites through their web hosts, according to a report on The Next Web.
The Russian Federal Surveillance Service for Mass Media and Communications launched the ?Single Register? law on November 1 to protect children from violent content, suicide, drugs and propaganda, TNW says.
Russian authorities will be able to block access to any website they believe is in violation of this law through the web host or ISP. Once notified, web hosts must tell the website owner to delete the illegal information. If they don?t, the web host will be required to limit access to that website. If the web host doesn?t comply within 48 hours, all Russian Internet providers will restrict access to the site in question.
While the impact on censorship and freedom of speech online is obvious, the law will also have a huge impact on hosting providers. Those unwilling to comply with the law will still see their customers sites be affected since acess to it will be restricted from ISPs. The law puts web hosts in a hard place since no matter what they choose to do, their customers in supposed violation of the law will be impacted.
The new regulation includes DPI technology that will be used by ISPs to limit access to violating websites to ?read, copy or even modify emails and webpages? meaning it can also be used for surveillance.
According to a report on RT.com, anyone (even anonymously) can use the online blacklist to report a website they believe to be illegal. Every report will be analyzed by experts, and a decision will be made whether or not to block access to the website.
ISPs will be able to see the entire blacklist, though users can check whether a particular site has been banned as well.
The law was approved by both houses of Russian parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin in July. Since then, numerous groups have protested the move, and Russian Wikipedia had a 24-hour boycott in July in response to the internet censorship.
Recently, web host Phoenix NAP came under fire after a customer was taken offline after being in violation of its acceptable use policy.
Talk back: Are you a web host in Russia? What do you think of the new internet censorship regulations for web host? Let us know in a comment.
About Nicole Henderson
Nicole Henderson writes full-time for the Web Host Industry Review where she covers daily news and features online, as well as in print. She has a bachelor of journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, and has been writing for the WHIR since September 2010. You can find her on Twitter @NicoleHenderson.
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