Armenian premier launches crackdown on disinformation
04.04.2019,
14:16
At today’s government meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan set the National Security Service Head Arthur Vanetsyan to sort through manipulations in the media space. Criminals, he said, are spending millions for manipulating public opinion in social networks and the media, and this is a national security matter.
YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. At today’s government meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan set the National Security Service Head Arthur Vanetsyan to sort through manipulations in the media space. Criminals, he said, are spending millions for manipulating public opinion in social networks and the media, and this is a national security matter.
“I hope your service will manage to produce particular results here,” Pashinyan said.
The premier said that so-called fakes are abundant in social networks. There are also many fakes portraying themselves as revolutionaries and acting under the colors of the revolution, but calling for violence.
“Such manipulations should get a harsh counterblow, and I think the law of Armenia allows doing that without calling the freedom of speech into question,” Pashinyan said.
Prime Minister Pashinyan, speaking in January in Davos at an economic forum, has said that fake news flooded the media space.
Earlier, Samvel Martirosyan, a cyber security expert, said that the Armenian government should regulate the information provision system to resist fake news effectively.
In his opinion, the legislative regulation of the activity of factories of fakes is still impossible in the country, since it can lead to restriction of freedom of speech. -0---
“I hope your service will manage to produce particular results here,” Pashinyan said.
The premier said that so-called fakes are abundant in social networks. There are also many fakes portraying themselves as revolutionaries and acting under the colors of the revolution, but calling for violence.
“Such manipulations should get a harsh counterblow, and I think the law of Armenia allows doing that without calling the freedom of speech into question,” Pashinyan said.
Prime Minister Pashinyan, speaking in January in Davos at an economic forum, has said that fake news flooded the media space.
Earlier, Samvel Martirosyan, a cyber security expert, said that the Armenian government should regulate the information provision system to resist fake news effectively.
In his opinion, the legislative regulation of the activity of factories of fakes is still impossible in the country, since it can lead to restriction of freedom of speech. -0---
