Belarus : small . majestic . Kvass - drinking . A prospicient story of dubious human rights and piddling dictatorship . And now , bound to a law that makes itillegalto browse foreign websites . Поздравляю !
accord to the Library of Congress , the new law , which makesSOPAlook like a lollipop press release , might make hitting Facebook a little dodgy outside of home base . basically , any “ company ” or “ entrepreneur”—left to be defined broadly — has to use Belarusian internets :
The Law requires that all companies and individual who are register as enterpriser in Belarus apply only domestic Internet domains for providing on-line services , conducting sales , or exchange e-mail messages . It appears that business requests from Belarus can not be serve over the net if the military service supplier is using online Robert William Service site outside of the country . The revenue enhancement sanction , together with the police and secret police , are clear to start , investigate , and prosecute such violations .
Additionally , the Law states that the owner and decision maker of Internet cafés or other places that offer entree to the net might be get hold guilty of desecrate this Law and fined and their businesses might be closed if user of Internet divine service cater by these place are rule visiting websites locate outside of Belarus and if such behavior of the clients was not properly key out , recorded , and reported to the authorities . The Law states that this provision may apply to private individuals if they allow other persons to use their household computing equipment for browse the cyberspace .
So , that ’s pretty horribly draconian ! Do n’t see at websites outside of Belarus if you ’re a party , but hey , if you ’re just hanging out at your house we might also post the surreptitious constabulary after you . fortuitously , there are tons of slap-up Belarusian internet site to check out , correct ? Right ? Like thissitededicated to the history of tractors and car in Belarus , that does n’t work anymore . OrGizmodo Belarus . Or , uh . [ LoCviaSlashdot ]
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