[News updated at 14:22 on 26.12.2024]
Russia may introduce fines for attempts to circumvent blockades, according to Yuriy Gizatullin, founder of the IT company TIQUM.
This initiative is related to a Roskomnadzor project concerning the procedure for collecting information from telecom operators. This project will allow the identification of communication facilities and user equipment by IP address.
The creation of a law on fines is possible, but implementing their collection is unlikely. Many services are used not to circumvent blockades, but to ensure cybersecurity, for example.
The document aims to identify internet traffic and does not involve collecting data about users' personal devices. Instead, telecom operators will have to provide information about network addresses.
This approach will allow for more effective control over the use of internet resources. The introduction of fines for circumventing blockades may become part of a broader strategy to regulate the internet space in the country.
The State Duma of Russia has promised not to fine citizens who use methods to circumvent internet blockades. Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, noted that in practice it is very difficult to draw a clear line between legal and illegal use of such services.
No one has planned or is planning to track visits to prohibited resources or introduce fines for this; there is no such issue on the agenda.
Updated. As of 14:22 on 26.12.2024
Earlier, www1.ru reported that Roskomnadzor intends to monitor all attempts by Russians to circumvent the blocking of prohibited sites.
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