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Russia: Prosecutor General Calls For Control Over Social Networks

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Freedom of Speech, Governance, International Relations, Law, Politics, Technology, RuNet Echo

“You saw what had happened in London. To my mind, it is evident that there should be control over this [social network] activity, and I think it will be a reasonable control, in the interest of protection of the civic liberties,” said Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika [1] at the summit of the CIS [2] prosecutor coordination summit, lenta.ru reported [3] [ru]. Prosecutors of Kazakhstan and Belarus had supported the statement.