The tracing-Internet technology is used almost in 20 countries

Canadian legal organization knew that nearly 20 countries of the world including Russia and China use the technology developed in the USA for Internet censoring and tracing users’ activity, reports New York Times. 

The Study Group Citizen Lab which headquarters are situates in the Toronto University could trace features that are typical for Blue Coat Systems ( American Web security provider) with the help of data gathering servers.

Citizen Lab found out that this technology is used by the governments of India, China, South Korea, Iraq, Singapore and several more countries.

Authors of the investigation announces that with the its help they want to attract public attention to the problem of Internet censorship that is becoming more deep. It needs to be noticed that the US State Department allows selling this programme abroad, except several countries including Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran and Syria.

In 2011 it became known that hardware and soft ware Blue Coat Systems is used by Syrian government for tracing the regime’ opponent. The company denies any involvement in their technology selling to Syria. But the compone couldn't comment a new information published by Citizen Lab.

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Bloggers arranged a protest against censorship witness for Adagamov

On January 11 many popular Russian bloggers published a Rustem Adagamov’s post (a liveJournal user who was dismissed by the order of Roscomnadzor for suicide propaganda).The at their sites. The aim of this action is the opposition to censorship in Russian Internet.

The first post was placed by the oppositionistAleksey Navalnyi on his LiveJournal. Some time later Aleksandr Plyushev a journalist of the “Echo Moskvi follow his suit. It was he who announced about the beginning of a centralised action.


After Plyushev the post of Adagamov was published by Vladimir Varfolomeev, the chief editor of the “Echo Moskvi” on his LiveJournal. All together several tens of blogers participated in the action.

The Adagamov’s post dated from March, 2012 had been hidden on the Russian territory by the heads of LiveJournal on Friday. By the words of Iliya Dronov, the head of the server, the Reuters photographic coverage about self-immolation in Tibet was considered by the Roscomnadzor as a prohibited information.

According to a point of view of many blogers photos, published by Adagamov were devoted to a tragic event, and it is as clear as a day that there is no any suicide propaganda.

Some action’ participants suggested that Roscomnadzor decision is connected with the scandal in the center of which was Rustem Agadamov: In the end of December his ex wife accused him of a child molestation.

However the Roscomnadzor explained that the request to delete his note was not connected with the accusations against Agadamov. And really, according to zapret-info.gov.ru site the post was included in the black list of sites by the Rosconadzor’ order on November 12, 2012. On January 11 the “Izvestia” with a reference to the Roscomnadzor wrote that after blocking the access to this note on the Russian territory the service does not have any claims to Rustem Adagamov’s blog.


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