E-media force to monitor the messages on the forums

[SergeiSK]

Online media will be able to edit the text of comments from readers on their forums, if to them to file a claim Roskomnadzor or other interested person. This RIA Novosti reported with reference to the Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Mikhail Fedotov, who participated in the preparation of a Supreme Court on the practice of law on the media.
Now the editors of Internet publications will be required to verify the information in the user comments if Roskomnadzor the requirements of the claim, the prosecution says about his extremist nature, or the person concerned would argue that it contained a libel.
If an inspection is deemed that the comment does not violate the law, the editors could leave it on the site, taking responsibility for themselves.
If the editors see in the text of a violation, it can edit it in a similar way as the print media edit readers' letters before publication, said Fedotov. If the message contains a half-true information, the editors will not be able to edit it, but could indicate a number of established facts. In addition, the media can do to remove a comment from the forum.
If the media did not react, Roskomnadzor may be subject to warnings, and an individual - to go to court.
Media have already written about the preparation of the draft resolution of Sun on the practice of courts of law on the media "in mid-April. At that time, the decree stated that the publication should not be responsible for messages left in the comments and forums.
In addition, the decree stated that the dissemination of information can any site, regardless of whether he is registered as mass media or not. Refuse sites to register as the media would be impossible, but forced to register, too, will not.
It is expected that the ruling Sun will be taken soon.
(Lenta.ru)