Security and Intelligence Service

of the Republic of Moldova

Website Publishing False Information about COVID-19 Will Be Shut Down

The Security and Intelligence Service requests to block the website moldvesti0.wordpress.com for spreading fake news about the COVID-19 evolution.

 

The process of shutting down will be carried out by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology under the SIS Director’s Order on blocking online sources that spread fake news about the COVID-19 evolution and protection and prevention measures, signed today, May 7.

 

The action takes place in accordance with the Decision No.3 of 23 March 2020 of the Commission for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, providers of publicly available electronic communications services, by the decision of National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology, based on the list of sources that SIS published, are obliged to block them immediately.

 

SIS monitors information spaces regarding fake news spreading and established that individuals behind these websites have become more active using COVID-19 evolution as the main topic.

 

 07.05.2020