Ethics and cultural values in internet communication - comments of Majilis member

- Mr. Sarpekov, what are the goals of this bill? Lately there have been frequent cases when some authors publish indecorous, insulting or hostile information and comments in the internet under aunonimous names. For that matter there have increased requests to introduce legislative control over this situation. Hence we have made certain amendments to some laws which oblige every one to comply with the codes of ethics and culture when posting any information in the internet. However this requirement is contravened. As a result everyone including the young generation read the malicious information which impacts their upbringing. It is time we should respond to this problem. The most disturbing thing is that they post information which touches the country?s image, international accord, religious and racial issues, promulgates drug addiction and licentiousness which contradicts to the Article 5 of the Constitution. We know that nowadays the world is staggered by terrorism and extremism. A lot of provocative and intimidating messages appear in the internet which should be prevented from causing alarm. I believe that the community will back this project, for we should care about the future of the people and the country. However cooperation with mass media has turned into business by those who care about self-profit and not the country. Therefore we have made required amendments to the legislation. - But the internet is quite a big thing, and there are millions of websites. How can the legislation ensure control over all the websites? - We should start from registration of websites. According to the laws, in order to receive one document we are obliged to submit another required documentation; to set up a private business one is required to do certain paperwork. The same method should applied to the information network control which has a lot of shortcomings in the regulation of websites and internet communication. We should control the activity of websites from the moment they are created. For today we have only one legal provision adopted by the Informatization Agency. I believe the Information and Culture Ministry, the Public Prosecution and the Informatization Agency should adopt a provision that would regulate the internal internet resources and track the internet products coming from outside. This does not mean hindrance or total blocking of internet access. This means suspension of those websites which publish materials contradicting to the national and state interests. Perhaps, we should form an ad hoc analytical organization for this purpose. What is the reason of such urgent amendments to the law? - Today the information and communication sphere is developing rapidly. It is extremely difficult to record the number of internet users and the materials emerging in the worldwide web. Nowadays hackishness is becoming a kind of business. Therefore we must prevent the situation when the national security information may be at risk. It is not about tracking the information content and where it goes, and nor does this imply intimidation. There are opinions that adoption of this law will restrict the access to some information. What do you think about this? These are opinions of private individuals. Can they give specifics? If someone states that the law restricted their rights and infringed their interests, their claim will receive due attention.We do not have a law that restricts from having any civil benefits or values. As a lawyer I assure that adoption of this law will not put anybody at a disadvantage. Thank you for the interview.