Russia to Develop Cyberspace 'Security' Without 'Total Control'reach

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By AFP on October 02, 2014
 
Putin Says Will Boost Internet Security Without 'Total Control'
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he would not impose total control over the Internet, despite sweeping government moves to impose surveillance and crack down on dissent.
Russia's moves to tighten security over the Internet have provoked widespread alarm in a country where social media and online news sites are crucial outlets for the political opposition.
The Russian leader, who is a former KGB agent and briefly headed the FSB security service, said he did not want to "limit access to the Internet (or) place it under total control" at a meeting with ministers and security chiefs aired on state television.
"I would like to stress: there will not be any unjustified limitations, let alone total ones. We are not even considering them," Putin was quoted as saying in a transcript on the Kremlin website.
But Russia needs "to develop and carry out a number of extra measures to protect information," he said.
 
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