Russia Imposes Fines for Search Engines That Show Links to Banned Sites

From Telegram News... Если вы не знали, то в России работает федеральная государственная информационная система (ФГИС), созданная для ограничения доступа к заблокированным ресурсам. В ФГИС также добавляют VPN-сервисы и другие средства анонимизации, которые по запросам правоохранительных органов или спецслужб не ограничивают доступ к запрещенным интернет-ресурсам. К ФГИС обязаны подключаться и операторы поисковых систем для прекращения выдачи ссылок на заблокированные сайты.

Тем временем Госдума готовится ввести штрафы за выдачу поисковиками ссылок на запрещенные сайты. Такая норма содержится в принятом 22 мая во втором чтении законопроекте об ответственности за нарушение закона об анонимайзерах. Согласно ей, за запрещенные сайты в поисковой выдаче могут грозить штрафы 3–5 тыс. руб. для граждан, 30–50 тыс. руб. для должностных лиц и 500–700 тыс. руб. для юридических лиц.


If you did not know, in Russia there is a Federal State Information System (FGIS), created to limit access to blocked resources. This includes VPN-services and other means of anonymization, which, at the request of law enforcement agencies or special services do not restrict access to banned Internet resources. Search engines are required to stop showing links to blocked sites.

Currently, the State Duma is preparing to impose fines for search engines that show links to banned sites. Such a rule is contained in the draft law on responsibility for violating the law on anonymizers passed on May 22 in the second reading. According to the law, fines of 3-5 thousand rubles can be imposed for banned sites in search results for citizens; 30-50 thousand rubles for officials; and 500-700 thousand rubles for legal entities (businesses).
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Although there is a vast amount of information available on the Internet, we generally rely on a search engine of some type to locate that information. When links to information are removed from search results information becomes inaccessible - not because it is no longer on-line, but because it cannot be found.

It is important to keep your own list of URLs (links) to sites that you use to support your data privacy and personal security. This can be as basic as a list of links in a text file, or a more complex encrypted database of links.  You may also want to keep the IP addresses of important sites so that you can access them directly if they are blocked in the DNS. For example, http://149.154.167.99 will take you to the Telegram web-site.

There are several ways to keep your bookmarks secure. If you use the Firefox Browser, one option is the Link Password Add-On.