Internet censorship to be imposed in AzerbaijanNovember 27, 2010 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani Press Council will monitor news web resources' compliance with the rules of professional journalist ethics in Azerbaijan, chairman of the Press Council of Azerbaijan Aflatun Amashov stated on Friday, November 26. “In Azerbaijan, in some cases, using online news resources, reporting news about people, the journalists violate rules of professional ethics of journalists. The Press Council has expanded its activities in this regard. We have already started to receive complaints related to Internet resources. From now, all complaints under this matter, addressed to the Press Council will be considered,” said Amashov. Currently about 20 popular online news resources operate in Azerbaijan. According to Amashov, in January next year, a special event will be conducted, associated with control over online news resources. According to the chairman of the Press Council, there is a proposal to establish control over the social networks on the Internet. “This issue has become a topic of discussion in the Alliance of Press Councils in Europe. The social networks are referred as a source of free links. But it sometimes leads to the implementation of certain subversive purposes. In particular, a number of terrorist organizations carry out their propaganda through such networks. It is therefore necessary to establish control compliance of rules of ethical conduct in network,” said Amashov. According to him, the United Kingdom already has experience in this regard, but control is not successful. “So far, discussions are conducted on how and in what form they must be monitored. At a meeting of the Alliance of Press Councils, which will be held in Russia, the control over social networks will be one of the main topics of discussions,” Trend quoted the Council's chairman as saying. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |