Russia’s FSB/FSO will monitor ‘negatively minded citizens’ through blogs and social networks

Source: Izvestia
Siloviki will create a special database negatively minded citizens to prevent illegal actions
Since then, the Federal Security Service (FSS) will begin conducting daily monitoring of all publications Russian bloggers for their relationship to power. Siloviki will create a special database negatively minded citizens who post on their Internet resources publishing oppositional. At the same time representatives of FSO intend to follow not only the capital known bloggers, also fall under the control of web users from the regions. This “Izvestia” said a source close to the federal security service.
- It is not about control or tightening some nuts. Just when we are able to monitor bloggers and create a database, it will be easier to track and prevent many egregious incidents. For example, before the two activists of the banned National Bolshevik Party pelted tomatoes King of the Netherlands in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the information on the preparation of this stock has been on the web. If followed her, then this would not have happened – said the source publication.
In December 2013 Special Communication and Information FSO announced a tender for the provision of services on the results of the automatic selection of the information media. Maximum budget for the project was 31.8 million rubles. Professionals using specialized systems will need to provide a personal collection FSO posts from bloggers that will keep track of every significant events on specific topics, regions. In addition, the monitor will be negative or positive color events.Information materials will be pre-processed them grouped on specific topics: the president, the leadership of the presidential administration (PA), the prime minister, opposition protests, the governors, the adverse events in the country, incidents, criticism of the government.
A former member of the Duma Committee on Information Policy deputy Robert Schlegel (“United Russia”) supported the intention of the siloviki and assured that bloggers do not have to worry.
- At the moment there are similar systems, but their specifications are known only in the FSO, which you can order a single integrated system and without announcement of the tender. In this case, such openness does them credit. As for the danger of the system itself, it exists in every state, and the concerns of bloggers should rest not in its existence, and in the area of ​​application – in this case what will be the rules of invasion of privacy. In my experience, we are still very humane and democratic in comparison with other countries. The system will be prevented, for example, the riots – such as they were events that occurred last year in Biryulevo.
However, such an intention in the blogosphere siloviki perceived negatively. Known journalist and blogger Maxim Kononenko believes that such monitoring should not engage representatives of the FSO.
- This should do the FSB. And in our country officially material can be closed only by the court, and such monitoring system, if it is not only to organize, but do not close the authenticated texts automatically, violate the law. Figure of 30 million for the complex of existing verification systems (“Medialogy” “Prism” and others – “News”) raises questions, it is possible that there is a fact of abuse of power – he concluded.
Lawyer and blogger Paul Duksin siloviki supports efforts to strengthen control over the Internet sphere. 
- It would help to identify extremists maniacs. Closure frankly criminal materials – is an acceptable measure, but the question criteria. If the system is built so that it becomes encroach on the inner world of the opposition and just free-citizens, I am definitely against and under such treatment subscribe to the prosecutor – he said.
Note that the monitoring system has always existed in the FSO. However, this time in the department decided not to waste time and entrust this part of professional programmers.