Too many countries speak about the dangers of free Internet - Estonia

Speaking to delegates of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves highlighted the role of ICT in promoting human rights. He reported that for the third consecutive year, leading his country in terms of "freedom of the Internet."

Estonian President highlighted the role of modern media in the perception of the war and peace problems. He remind that in the middle of the last century, during the Crimean War have been made the first major picture stories from the battlefields. President Ilves added that with the new media it is even more difficult to conceal war crimes, both on the battlefield and beyond.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves emphasized that modern technology "delivered to your home the reality and horror of war." He believes that we should recognize the important role of technology in promoting human rights. The Head of State stressed that freedom of expression - is a human right everywhere - in the town square, in the press or in the virtual space.

The president said that Estonia also intends actively to discuss issues of Internet freedom in the Human Rights Council, the UN, where to that effect this year a resolution was adopted. President called the resolution a milestone, because the fundamental rights in the virtual world must be protected as aggressively as in the real world.

Ilves said that in today's world there are warring situation related with the Internet governance. According to him, too many countries speak about the dangers of free Internet in terms of security. According to the Estonian president, the truth is that the virtual space security has to to prevent the damage that can be caused by the actions of governments or criminals, but not to deprive the peaceful people the opportunity to express their opinions, gather information, or exchange ideas .

Estonian President recalled that five years ago his country has a cyber attack, which was called the first war in the web space, but "we do not support the strict regulation and censorship in cyber space." Toomas Hendrik Ilves said that Estonia, along with the 42 other countries, signed the agreement "open government partnership", which aims are to maximize the potential of new technologies to improve governance and fight corruption. The country used the information revolution to achieve strengthening of rules.

According to the President, Estonia - the first country where it is possible to participate in parliamentary and local elections concerning the Internet. Several months ago, the country has a census of the population - mostly in the online form. This year, about 90% of Estonian taxpayers completed their tax returns in the Internet. The President said that the e-government, e-school, medical prescriptions - are all examples of innovations that makes the public services be more accessible, helps to reduce costs, prevent and suppress corruption.



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The Censorship age

Dear readers, in this article another innovation will be discussed. Some of the materials like "Home Newspaper" are marked by special signs "+" denoting the age at which you can not read the aforesaid articles.

These rules dictate a new federal law "On the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development", which comes into force on September 1 of this year. It was signed for the first time on December 29, 2010 almost two years ago. Probably, it was assumed that during this time some techniques will be developed , according to the publisher. But! The law comes into force this week, but there are no methods or at least a recommendations how to use this law.

The formulation of the law is so strange that the category of "6 +" for example, old Russian tales have a description of the physical and mental violence ..." - according to a quote from the Federal Law № 436), under the "12 +" gets a harmless (it seemed of course!) "Gingerbread Man" (that shows the process of loss of life), and almost all the work of Korney Chukovsky would have to be marked with the sign of the most stringent "16 +" …

No doubt, in the sea of ​​information, where everyone dip our children, there are so many ... (I almost said the word, that instantly sends this phrase in the category of "16 +") ... excrement, that the adoption of the law was necessary and justified. The lawyers of our newspapers couldn’t find someone who would be able to describe the algorithm of the application of this law.

And another aspect of the double-meaning of the law: when I was young, as they say today, a teenager, the writings on a movie "Children under 16" even more fired my imagination. And I, by any means was trying to see it. Whether will the introduction of this law will have the opposite effect? Would not it made a child to start searching on the Internet a string of characters "16 +"?

16 +

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Censorship and the procedure?

On September 1, the law that is going "to protect children from information harmful to their health and development," comes into force and along with this TV producers made a lists of "forbidden words."

TV stations began to warn in advance of the company-producers of content on the inadmissibility of the use of their products in a number of words and expressions, stressing that the use of taboo language is unacceptable, and the widespread nowadays.

Along with taboo language there were words like “penis” or "prick", "muhosranske", "hell", "ass", "hemorrhoids", "gay" (and its many aliases, including "blue" ) and others.

In July, the National Association of Broadcasters has asked the State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin to postpone the adoption of the law at least on a year, but it doesn’t have a success. "The law contains a large number of subjective and highly controversial provisions, and the fact that the mechanisms for the implementation of the major provisions of the law are not clearly defined, and the by-laws, to which there are links, not yet adopted, we consider it necessary to postpone the introduction of the law in force for a period not less than one calendar year, "- Sergei Naryshkin said in letter.

In addition, broadcasters pointed out that in the current version the law will forbid children to see, for example, most of the military-patriotic films, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (in the film vagrancy romanticized is shown) and "Just you wait! "(Wolf constantly smokes).

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Kosher News : Salt censorship

"Women exile " from a public space in Israel has reached new level: it is the first time when a large company, a manufacturer of table salt "Salit" began to remove a schematic image of a woman from the packages of his product, which for decades used to Israeli consumers (see photo below) 

About female images on packages of salt censorship retell Jerusalem resident Brit Harel. The woman was shocked when her husband brought out a salt package from the ordinary not an ultra-orthodox shop , where instead of the usual modest ladies gaping was an empty white space.

There are a lot of cases of censorship female images in Jerusalem, but usually it is a "local initiative" of religious shopkeepers or publishers. The case was considered as extraordinary, because of religious censorship was engaged in a large enterprise, the group of companies related to Sheri Arison, - and censorship affected not random ads but the logo of the product to which consumers have long been accustomed.

Haaretz asked the company "Salit"to get the answer: the image of women eliminated only with those packages of salt, which will receive a special certificate of kashrut during the Pesach time. Bundles of common salt will be sold in its present form to them until BADATS will impose such strict requirements.


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120 years ago, Russia was introduced "punitive censorship"

August 27, 1882, Emperor Alexander III introduced the "Provisional Rules on the Press."

Rules finally secured in Russia "punitive censorship." Under the rules, the publication after the third warning had to represent the next available number in the censorship on the eve of their release. State had maximum control over the press, up to the right to close all editions and deprive them of the editor and publishing right. Development of the first edition of the Rules.The right to close any publication was given not only to the Minister for Internal Affairs but also to the Head of the Synod. Control of the press belongs to the High Commission for the Press - a special body of the four ministers: Education Minister, Minister for Internal Affairs , Minister of Justice and the Head of the Holy Synod.

Strengthening of censorship led to the mass closure of periodicals in Russia.

For the time of the Alexander III reign 72 books was banned (among them were Leo Tolstoy, Leskov works).

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Censorship on the Internet: In Tomsk sites, considered as harmful for children were closed.

The decision to close Internet resources was taken to court.



In Tomsk ISP has an access to 13 sites, that had instructions for suicide, violence and pornography. Information about this appeared on the website of the General Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday, August 21. The decision was taken to court. such providers as Tomsk Branch of OJSC "Rostelecom", Center "TUCSR-Telecom" Company "Tomtel." execute the decision In Tomsk.



Among the Court's material on the blocked sites it can badly affects the "spiritual, moral, mental, and other development of children."

The access to this sites were blocked by filtering IP-addresses.


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Censorship forbade the exhibition with a kiss "Sleeping Beauty"

Artist asks for affect Ukraine international art community.

Ministry of Culture banned the opening of the National Museum of Art exhibition "The Sleeping Beauty." The first day of the exhibition was going to be tomorrow. Author of a controversial exhibition plans, despite the ban, still try to open it. By the idea of ​​the author, a real girl would sleep in the middle of his installation for several hours. Visitors are allowed to kiss the "sleeping beauty", if they have previously signed agreement, the one on whose kiss she wakes up, will be obliged to marry her.

Ukrainian-Canadian artist T.Polatayko outraged by the closure of his creation said that his shows are not provocative. Installation artist plans to draw international attention to the exhibition of art to the public.

Earlier in Kiev an exhibition of contemporary art has been already closed . In particular, the project "Apocalypse and the Renaissance." has been also closed

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