NEWS AND EVENTS

	Department "K" of the Russian Ministry of Interior has summed up work on prevention of the distribution of child pornography Results of work of the Friendly Runet Foundation's Hotline for the first half of the year 2010.
	Success - Child Pornography/Child Sexual - cases from Russia A well known file exchange networks has got in sight of cyber-policemen.
	The distributor of a child pornography is judged in St.-Petersburg Employees of regional unit of department "K" of the Russian Ministry of Interior in St.-Petersburg and Leningrad region have identified and instituted criminal proceedings against a user of the Internet, hidden under nickname “k***".

Partnership

Internet nowadays has become integral to the modern life of the Russian society. The “net” has entangled millions of households and thousands of Russian schools. However, the new possibilities entailed new menaces. The contact with illegal content is one of the most serious Internet threats. Worldwide, the most dangerous type of illegal content is believed to be Child pornography. It is worth mentioning, that this problem eventually is becoming even more vital. The modern society is trying to work out the new mechanisms for protecting its’ cultural wealth. Elaboration of such mechanisms is a mutual mission of governmental agencies, Internet society and non-government organizations.

The foundation of the Hotline, aimed at combating child pornography on the Internet has become one of the most serious steps towards fighting this evil. The Hotline has been created on the basis of our foundation ‘Friendly Runet’ in cooperation with our partners - “Internet and Business” Association

We will be glad to welcome into cooperation new partners from Internet-industry and non-governmental associations representatives and everyone who is interested in making Runet a safe environment, friendly to all users.

“Friendly Runet”: Making Internet Safer!