Tired of using their hands: Tomsk Oblast's chief police officer proposes creating an internet monitoring center

Currently, this work is being carried out manually, although modern equipment makes it possible to automate monitoring and conduct it around the clock, stated the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Dmitry Amelin of Tomsk Oblast, speaking in the regional Duma.

The center is needed "due to current threats to public safety." The plan is to monitor the internet, including social media, "to analyze issues of concern to residents, identify radical groups, and call for unauthorized protests and rallies." сказал he. According to him, such centers are already operating in Tula region и Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Amelin also noted that Center E is currently "testing the latest programs" to identify "illegal content and block the spread of extremist publications." They monitor not only publications but also subscribers' comments.

Cases of Russians being persecuted by the "eshniki" for "illegal content" are becoming increasingly common. For security forces, such content includes anti-war statements and criticism of the government.

For example, 72-year-old pensioner Evgeniya Maiboroda was sentenced to 5,5 years in prison for two reposts on VKontakte criticizing the war. NotMoscow told her history.