{"id":1592,"date":"2023-06-28T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalskills.by\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T12:33:12","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalskills.lt\/en\/2023\/06\/28\/belarus-internet-watch-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus internet watch. Issue 12","raw":"Belarus internet watch. Issue 12"},"content":{"rendered":"We cover the major developments in technology, internet, and security that took place in the second half of June in our news overview for June 15-28, 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n

International News:<\/h2>\n\n\n\nProton Mail and Proton VPN have published official clarifications<\/a> on Reddit in response to rumors of connections with the CIA\/NSA.\n\n\n\n

Legislation<\/h2>\n\n\n\nOn June 4, 2023, the Council of the Republic of Belarus adopted amendments to the media law<\/a> facilitating the struggle against unwelcome media. They broaden the grounds for retaliation against foreign media, clarify their activities in Belarus, and simplify the annulment of registration and restriction of access to internet resources.\nThe prepared for the second reading of the bill<\/a> law amendments have been introduced to eliminate contradictions between the “On Mass Media” law and the President’s Decree No. 116 of March 22, 2022 “On News Aggregators on the Internet”\n\n\n\n\nFormer Minister of Information Lilia Ananich commented on the innovations<\/a> in the media legislation. They provide for an expanded toolkit of the Ministry of Information to combat destructive actions in the information space and to ensure national security. Among the innovations are symmetrical retaliatory measures against unfriendly actions of foreign states, which may lead to the restriction of their media in Belarus.\n\n\n\n

Internet Usage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe last Sunday of June in Belarus is Youth and Students Day, and on this day, special attention is paid to the use of information and communication technologies<\/a> by young people aged 14 \u2013 30 years.\n\n\n\n\nIn 2022, the majority of young internet users in Belarus (aged 14 \u2013 30 years) actively use the internet for various purposes.\n\n\n\n\n(2022; in percentages of the total number of users aged 14 \u2013 30 years)\n\n\n\n\nInternet users aged 14 \u2013 30 years by place of internet access\n\n\n\n\n(2022; in percentages of the total number of users aged 14 \u2013 30 years)\n\n\n\n\nSkills of youth aged 14 \u2013 30 years related to the use of personal computers\n\n\n\n\n(2022; in percentages of the total number of users aged 14 \u2013 30 years).\n\n\n\n\nAs of January 1, 2023, the number of young people aged 14 \u2013 30 years in the Republic of Belarus was 1,640,287 people or 17.8% of the total population.\n\n\n\n

IT Sector Development:<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe first signs of unemployment: alarm is growing in the IT sector<\/a> in Belarus-2022\n\n\n\n\nDev.by, the leading IT portal in Belarus, conducted an annual survey among local IT specialists, and the results of the third part of the survey cause serious alarm:\n\n\n\n