Security and Intelligence Service comes with some details regarding the press release issued today.
Thus, the institution confirms that the great majority of "fake-news" websites was borrowed from the list published on www.stopfals.md, which represents the fruit of civil society’s labor.
SIS decided several executive measures for the providers of electronic communication networks and services and National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology of the Republic of Moldova regarding elimination of causes and conditions that contribute to threats to the national security. The actions are due to the actual situation, namely to the declaration of state of emergency by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
Moreover, many of the mentioned websites are currently inactive but the data shows that some web pages are exposed for online sale and can be purchased by anyone, while their content can be redirected to the newly created websites.
The institution mentions that this is the first step to ceasing the access, by providers of electronic communication networks and services, of the Internet users from the Republic of Moldova to fake news websites. The actions will continue, regardless of the language of the web pages content.
Activities of shutting down the websites generating fake news are carried out in cooperation with the providers of electronic communication networks and services and state institutions.
At the same time, SIS manifests its openness and relies on the help of society, especially of non-governmental organizations, in identifying "fake-news" sites, which alter the information content and spread it massively in the global Internet network, in order to generate panic, tensions or social conflicts. The institution requests that the information held to be sent to the Information and Security Service, at the email address press@sis.md.
20.03.2020