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The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom
of Denmark presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark and has the honour to forward
Statements of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly
of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation in connection with violation of
the principle of freedom of speech by global American Internet
companies.
Attachment:
on pages
The Embassy would appreciate the Ministry’s assistance
in forwarding texts of the mentioned Statements to the Parliament
ofthe Kingdom of Denmark.
The Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to
the Ministry assurances of its highest consideration.
Copenhagen, February ^ , 2021
TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK
- Copenhagen -
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation
27.01.21 20:31
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Statement by the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation on actions of
American internet monopolies
We support the Statement by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the
Russian Federation in connection with the violation of the principle of ffeedom of speech by
global American Internet companies.
The restrictive actions taken by the administration of American social media giants
with regard to the content posted on their platforms have delivered a blow to the democratie
system ofvalues and the international information architecture.
The permissibility of arbitrary, without a court decision, and non-transparent
censorship of media content by digital platforms puts in question the role of the State as the
guarantor of compliance with international obligations on the freedom of expression by
subjects under its jurisdiction.
This is a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents, which the United States signed.
This precedent shows that American IT giants are free to formulate the image of the
communication infrastructure in the interests of their corporations and their curators, in
complete disregard ofthe fundamental democratie and ethical norms.
Therefore, the international community is facing the challenge of ungovemable
information space and the exposure ofpersonal data aceumulated by social media.
We have taken note of a large number of fake news about Russia posted by American
digital platforms that systemically produce provocational content, which is, in tum,
coordinated by the US Embassy in Moscow. On January 27, a US Embassy official was
summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Russia, where he was handed a note of protest
containing a waming that Russia reserves the right to take reciprocal action.
Discussions on the risks posed by American IT media giants’ monopoly to the
freedom of communication and human rights have been ongoing at relevant international
platform for years. However, any attempts to reinforce the regulation of social media have
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been hindered by our Western colleagues who interpret such proposals as an infringement on
the freedom of speech.
It is obvious that the media sphere must be regulated and codified. Constructive
dialogue must be established with all the interested parties for stimulating efforts to work out
explicit requirements for transparent standards of social media content moderation and to
formalise them in international documents.
There is pressing need for launching joint substantive efforts towards this end at
relevant international organisations, first ofall the UN, the Council ofEurope and the OSCE.
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STATEMENT OF THE FEDERATION COUNCIL
OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
in connection with violation of the principle of freedom of speech
by global American Internet companies
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation strongly condemns actions of global American Internet companies
that, for political reasons, without legal grounds and contrary to the norms
of international law, restrict freedom of speech in social networks
ofthe information and telecommunication network «Intemet».
Developments of events after the presidential elections in the United
States of America showed that the American Internet giants opted for
widespread use of censorship, contrary to the principles of democracy,
the universally recognized right of citizens to search, receive and disseminate
information, as well as illegal blocking of alternative platforms. In the context
of the subordination of social networks to the political agendas of the ruling
circles of the United States of America, there is a threat of imposing on their
users a one-sided, prejudiced view of what is happening not only in this
country, but throughout the world.
It is particularly dangerous that restrictions on freedom of speech are not
imposed in accordance with the law, but by the decision of the heads
of Internet companies, are arbitrary and do not have a legal basis. Thus, outside
the legislative framework, access to information is restricted to hundreds
of millions of users of the information and telecommunication network
«Intemet», who are deprived of the right to freely express opinions that do not
contradict the law.
It should be especially emphasized that it is about monopoly control over
the global network by Internet companies representing one country - the United
States of America and closely related to its State structures, which is fraught
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with the assertion ofthe dominance of one State over most ofthe global network
exchanges.
The illegal decisions of the leaders of the US social networks have once
again confirmed that the usurpation of control over the Internet is not a fictional
threat, but already a reality. Such control is a powerful weapon that is used not
only to violate civil liberties and ffeedom of speech directly in the United States
of America, but may also be directed against other countries, including with the
aim of influencing public sentiment, provoking intemal political crises,
influencing the will of citizens and the outcome of elections.
Senators of the Russian Federation consider being unacceptable the
position of American Internet companies, which severely censor unfavourable
political opinions, while failing to fulfill their obligations to combat the
dissemination of inaccurate information, including actively encouraging
Russian citizens to take part in unauthorized protests in the light of high risk of
new coronavirus infection. Despite the faet that false information has been
officially rejected on several occasions, heads of these companies deliberately
refrain from removing or blocking this content.
In these context, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly
of the Russian Federation draws the attention of the legislative bodies of all
States of the world to the urgency and necessity of developing national
legislation to limit the power and arbitrariness of global Internet companies.
The individual decisions of their executives must not be allowed to replace the
laws of sovereign States.
The regulation of the activities of Internet companies in the area of its
jurisdiction is the legitimate and integral right of every State to protect the
information space, the right of citizens to freely receive and disseminate
information. For Russia, such regulation, along with the development of its own
social networks and Internet platforms, is an important and necessary part
of ensuring national digital sovereignty.
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The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation calls on the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Director
General ofthe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), the specialized monitoring mechanisms of the United Nations
Human Rights Council, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe,
the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe, the Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe on Freedom of the Media, to prioritize the task of limiting the
arbitrariness of American global Internet companies in order to prevent the
threat of their establishment of a «digital dictatorship». This issue should also
become the subject of the most serious consideration at the meetings of the
United Nations General Assembly and its relevant Main Committees, the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Parliamentary
Assembly ofthe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The recent threat of the uncontrolled dominance of global Internet
companies makes it imperative to initiate work on an international convention
regulating their activities. The aim of this work should be the development
of such generally accepted norms that will rule out arbitrary decisions and put
global Internet exchanges on the firm ground of international law,
The World Wide Web should remain a space of freedom of speech and
freedom of information, regulated by law, and not an instrument of the policy
of one State and closely related media monopolies.
Federation Council
ofthe Federal Assembly
of the Russian Federation