Russian officials are working on an initiative that sets the bar on Internet freedom and common sense in general.
Every step of the Russians on the Internet will be recorded
The authorities plan to create a system in which information about our actions on the Internet will be collected: all the content that we watched (photos, videos, texts, etc.) and also what ads were shown to us. Vedomosti learned about the plans of the officials, having received confirmation from three sources.
Why is this necessary?
Let’s go from the official side: according to the position of officials and regulators, the system is designed to help advertisers and content creators on the Internet. What touching concern for advertising on the Internet, is not it?
But the most obvious reasons are much more likely. Having created such a system, the authorities will see virtually the entire process of interaction of every Russian with the Internet. Where did he go, that he looked, what he was interested in. Add here the fact that companies like Google and Yandex have our digital profiles and get an unlimited control tool on the Internet.
In addition, if the initiative is adopted at the legislative level, various Internet companies will be required to transmit absolutely all the information they collect about their users. The authorities can get it now, but this requires a court decision.
Thus, they want to drive freedom on the Internet into an even darker corner. It’s scary to imagine what such a system would lead to: the most harmless scenario would be a prison term for a repost that you made several years ago and deleted a day later, and the system remembers everything perfectly.
This tool will find its application against those who are objectionable to the government: went to a rally or criticized the government? The valiant specialists of Roskomnadzor open the program and look at your entire history of interacting with the Internet in search of compromising evidence.
Let us hope that this project will not go beyond the framework of the initiative. Otherwise, the “Chinese scenario” will be one step closer.
Publication date 09/06/2019
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