Connectivity Providers Database

From: "Nicholas W. Pilugin" <nwpilugin@glas.apc.org> (by way of sgoldste@nsf.gov (Steve Goldstein)) To: nsrc@nsrc.org Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 07:46:13 -0400 May 31, 1996 FROM: USIA MEDIA ASSISTANCE CLEARINGHOUSE (The following was posted in Russian to the RJOUR-L discussion list) BELARUS REQUIRES INTERNET USERS TO REGISTER The presidential administration in Belarus has issued special instructions requiring all Internet users in the country to register with the police. Everyone with an email address in a government or non-governmental email system must be entered on a list in their regional office. According to the official story, this is connected with the fight against anti-government information and to halt anti-national provocations. Deadline for registration is 30 days . Violators face serious penalties that have not been described in the instructions. According to high-place officials in the administration the new instructions will contribute to the "healthy development of information industries in the country." > From "PC World Belarus"