Robert Horvitz on Sun, 2 Jun 96 04:53 GMT+0100 |
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HOAX - REGISTRATION OF BELARUS INTERNET USERS |
From: "Igor A. Tavgen" <igor@tavgen.minsk.by> Date sent: Fri, 31 May 96 13:01:13 +0300 Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for your interest in Belarus and in particular Internet in Belarus. I made a request to our two organizations which are responsible for regulating Internet users in Belarus: the Deputy Director of the Belarusian Security Council's State Information Security Center (The Presidential administration department) and the Head of Computer Sciences department of the Belarusian Ministry of Communications replied that the report in PCMagazine #2, !996 about "the Presidential administration's special instruction obliging all Internet users..." is not true. The editor-in chief of PC World Belarus Magazine told me by phone that it was a joke because this issue of the magazine was for April 1, and made excuses for the poor April Fool's joke. Sincerely yours Igor Tavgen Networking Program Coordinator Belarusian Soros Foundation ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 15:58:49 -0700 From: Alexei Shulgin <easylife@glas.apc.org> Organization: Moscow WWWArt Centre To: Pit Schultz <pit@contrib.de> Cc: nettime-l@desk.nl, syndicate@aec.at Subject: New regulations for the Internet in Belarus May 23, 1996 New regulations for the Internet in Belarus. The President administration has issued a special instruction, obliging all Internet users in the country to register at a police. Everyone who has an e-mail account in a state or non-state net division must register at [...] According to official version, these regulations are related to "struggle against anti-state information and suppression of anti-people provocations". The registration term is set up in 30 days. The trespassers will be seriously punished, though the text of the instruction contains no details on it. According to top administration authorities, this new instruction will contribute to "the healthy development of the information [...]" PC World Belarus magazine #2, 1996 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Robert Horvitz, International Coordinator, OSI Internet Program Motokov Building - Room 518, Na Strzi 63, 140 62 Praha 4, Czech Rep., tel 42 2 6114-2751, fax 6114-2750, email horvitzr@omri.cz