Pavel Durov agreed to provide Roskomnadzor with the legally required data for inclusion of Telegram messenger in the registry of the organizers of disseminating information. The application is made is entered in the register under number 90 PP.
Durov said that if this desire of Roskomnadzor are really limited, objection to the use of data for the registration of Telegram Messenger LLP in the registry Roskomnadzor had not. However, the messenger will not perform “unconstitutional and technically impossible, the law of Spring – as well as other laws that are not compatible with the protection of private life and privacy policy Telegram” promised the actor.
Head of the project “Roskomsvoboda” Artem Kozlyuk doubt that a “deal” with Roskomnadzor can be considered a victory Telegram. “Beautiful course” Pavel Durov was prevented by blocking messenger, but can have negative consequences, he said. Now no one is forcing her to obey the law of Spring, but only because of the requirement for the access to the correspondence will take effect only after a year. Even now the status of the organizer of information dissemination implies that it must store and provide to the authorities on request metadata of the users: if he will not do it again can block. And technically, the actor has given consent, Kozlyuk said.
While the film won a moral victory, but obviously the registry is not the final goal of the Ministry, the Director for strategic projects of the research Institute Internet Irina Levova.
Mention the fact that the question of access to the correspondence is not, Zharov disingenuous, lead “Vedomosti” the words of the Chairman of the Arbitration court of Moscow and the Moscow region Oleg Sukhov. The law in addition to obligations of the organizer to store a variety of information about users and their correspondence contains the provision according to which this information is provided to the authorities. Thus, nothing prevents, if necessary, request them from the Telegram. The need for such information will arise that will lead to another conflict of the messenger and the authorities.
Inclusion in the state register and securing the messenger to the status of organizer of information distribution suggests the occurrence of very specific legal implications, including the storage of information in Russia, providing them to authorities, providing if necessary, access to equipment, software and technical means, assistance of police, said the lawyer of the law office A2 Maxim Safiulin. Moreover, the law provides for the obligation “to provide information for decoding electronic messages” (encryption keys).
Thus, a gentleman’s agreement between Zharov and Durov does not guarantee that Telegram does not receive new demands from Roskomnadzor, and in the case of non-compliance – possible lock.
Previously Durov said on his page “Vkontakte” that no objection to adding a messenger to the registry, provided that the Roskomnadzor will not require access to the personal correspondence of users.
