KGB does not deny Internet filtering

• 13.03.2008, 13:41

The Committee of State Security (KGB) confirms that works on filtering access to internet pages is taking place in Belarus.

As stated by a deputy head of the KGB anti-terrorist center Vyachaslau Linenka at a press-conference in Minsk, “unnecessary information available on the web should be closed and should be available only for those categories of citizens who can understand them correctly”. As said by the officer, work on filtering access of the population to the internet web which could contain information on terrorist attacks or provoke for doing them.

Answering the question about the use of filters in the internet in Belarus, V. Linenka stated: “Barriers and filtering are possible. This work is done in Belarus”. Besides, he noted that Beltelekom has a police variant with allows to control obtaining of such information”.

It is worth mentioning that news of oppositional web sites for some reason is often considered “unnecessary” in Belarus. Access to them is often blocked during important political events in the country.