Russian telecommunication regulator Roskomnadzor has announced an open tender for the development and delivery of a software and hardware system that monitors electronic publications of online media.
Using updated thesauruses of key words and phrases, the system should automatically detect – in real time – law violations in the publications of registered online media as well as in users’ online comments, including those made on forums. The system should also automatically generate monitoring reports.
This move follows a decision by Russia’s Supreme Court in June 2010, according to which online media must remove or edit any illegal comments made by readers only after Roskomnadzor has detected violations and appealed to editorial staff.
Effective control over the content of readers’ comments posted on the pages of online media is hardly practicable without special software tools, says Roskomnadzor.
The officials have estimated the cost of the project at 15 million rubles (approximately $517,000)
Source: Vedomosti
