{"id":79832,"date":"2024-04-15T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/79832\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"security-agency-moves-to-seize-domain-names-from-regime-critics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/79832\/","title":{"rendered":"Security agency moves to seize domain names from regime critics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oac_zdanie_pregovby_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        The Operational and Analytical Center in Minsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Operational and Analytical Center (OAC), a Belarusian agency in charge of information security that manages the country-code top-level domain, has revoked the domain name from the outlawed Movement for Freedom, citing extremist content designation, domain name owner Juryj Hubarevi\u010d said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OAC has also informed the <em>reform.by<\/em> independent news outlet of a similar decision, which the journalists described as censorship and manipulation. The news outlet is currently available at <em>reform.news<\/em>, yet access to its content is blocked for Belarus-based users. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OAC decisions followed days after the OAC issued a regulation allowing it to confiscate and sell domain names from media branded extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domain name seizures were documented in late 2023 and early 2024. The OAC seized&nbsp;<em>tut.by<\/em>&nbsp;and affiliated domain names from the late media tycoon Juryj Zisier\u2019s family and the <em>baj.by <\/em>domain name from the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seizures violate property rights, said Barys Harecki, deputy chair at the BAJ, stressing that independent media will continue providing Belarusians with reliable information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition politicians consider making a case for an international ban for the government-loyal agency from the .by domain zone, said Hubarevi\u010d, leader of the Movement for Freedom and a member of the opposition&#8217;s transition cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/laptop-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BAJ slams domain name seizure as crackdown on independent media<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 9, Pozirk. The regulation allowing authorities to confiscate and sell domain names from media branded extremist violates property rights and the right to receive and disseminate information, Barys Harecki, of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) has told Pozirk. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/78483\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, Pozirk. The Operational and Analytical Center (OAC), a Belarusian agency in charge of information security that manages the country-code top-level domain, has revoked the domain name from the outlawed Movement for Freedom, citing extremist content designation, domain name owner Juryj Hubarevi\u010d said on Facebook. 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