Russian lawmakers propose anti-terror bill limiting online transactions to $30Russian lawmakers have proposed for the control of terrorism to limit the amount of funds transferred through online payment service providers to 1,000 rubles (approximately $30).10:57 15.01.2014
Lawmakers propose blocking websites that contain false bank dataNatalia Burykina, Chair of the State Duma Committee on Financial Market, and Alexei Mitrofanov, Chair of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, have drafted a bill on the pre-trial blocking of websites that contain false information on banks and public companies.10:51 14.01.2014
Rambler Internet Holding's appeal against non-disclosure fine dismissedThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld a previous court decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($15,310) fine on Russian Rambler Internet Holding for its refusal to provide information on online correspondence.13:59 09.01.2014
Facebook sued for alleged privacy violationsSocial media giant Facebook has been sued based on allegations of having shared data intercepted from users’ private messages with advertising and marketing firms in order to turn a profit.20:16 03.01.2014
Saudi blogger faces possible execution for apostasyThe Jidda court, which heard the appeal of blogger Raif Badawi against his seven year prison sentence, has recommended that he go before a high court on a charge of apostasy, which would carry the death penalty upon conviction.13:37 26.12.2013
Kremlin website hacker sentenced for hooliganismA Russian court convicted a computer hacker who broke into the presidential website to 18 months of probation, a court representative said Monday.15:55 23.12.2013
Federal Security Service gets the power to investigate cybercrimePresident Vladimir Putin has given the Federal Security Service (FSB) the power to investigate cybercrime, reads a document published on the Kremlin portal of legal information.11:34 23.12.2013
Pre-trial blocking of websites curbs fighting extremism – Human Rights CouncilA bill that would allow the pre-trial blocking of allegedly extremist websites, that is currently being considered in the State Duma, will not help combat extremism and will more likely result in restricting the rights of the public, according to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.17:04 17.12.2013
UK plaintiffs attempt to sue Google for alleged illegal trackingA group of consumers are attempting to sue Google for allegedly collecting personal data against their will, The Telegraph reported Monday.15:31 16.12.2013
Moscow City Court grants piracy claim against Pirate Bay founderThe Moscow City Court granted a claim against the founder of Pirate Bay Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and hosting provider PRQ, that concerned several cases of online piracy.14:42 10.12.2013
Court bans Xbox brand from domain name on Microsoft’s lawsuitThe Moscow Commercial Court on Monday ruled that the usage of Microsoft’s Xbox One brand in the xboxone domain name was unlawful, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.17:26 09.12.2013
Mail.ru claim against non-disclosure fine to be reviewed in JanuaryThe Moscow Commercial Court set a hearing date of January 16 for a claim filed by Mail.Ru contesting a 500,000 ruble fine imposed for refusing to disclose user data to the Bank of Russia’s financial market regulation branch.16:54 28.11.2013
Rostelecom partially blocks Vkontakte social networkRostelecom, a major internet provider, has blocked certain sections of the Vkontakte social network.12:51 19.11.2013
Google complies with Russian personal data protection policyGoogle has amended its Russian version of the confidentiality policy, to ensure better protection of users’ sensitive information, senator Ruslan Gattarov told the press on Monday.10:45 11.11.2013
Internet-freedom watchdog reports 83k ‘unlawful’ website blacklistingsIn the year since an Internet blacklist was activated by Russia’s communication watchdog Roskomnadzor, more than 83,000 websites have been blocked without appropriate legal justification, head of the ‘RosKomSvoboda” NGO Artyom Kozlyuk.16:15 05.11.2013
Man detained in Moscow region for recruiting “shy girls” for extremist groupPolice have detained an alleged member of an extremist cell sought to recruit shy and introverted girls in the Moscow Region town of Balashikha.13:36 05.11.2013
More than 14,000 websites blacklisted by Russian regulatorMore than 14,000 online resources have been blacklisted in the year that has passed since the activation of Roskomnadzor’s website blacklist.14:12 01.11.2013
Swedish Supreme Court rejects Pirate Bay founder’s appeal – reportThe Supreme Court of Sweden has refused to take on the case of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg.19:23 29.10.2013
Websites critical of Uzbekistan's government unblockedA number of news websites carrying coverage critical of Uzbekistan’s government became available for viewing Sunday after years of being blocked in the authoritarian Central Asian nation.10:52 28.10.2013
Russian government seeks experts to combat child pornA Russian state Internet and media watchdog has launched a tender for experts who can identify pornographic material involving minors.16:42 25.10.2013