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Elnur Aslanov: â€œOur decisions passed on the regulation of the norms on the internet are based on the European practiceâ€

15 June 2013 11:35 (UTC +04:00)

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and security Policy Catherine Ashton and EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle criticized Azerbaijan after President Ilham Aliyev confirmed the parliament’s law on the application of the Criminal Code articles # 147 (slander) and 148 (insult) to internet resources. Commenting on this, the Presidential Administration official said that in all countries the process of preventing the release of extremist reports is regulated through the law: “Why should a person, who insulted another one, remain unpunished? Why should a person not bear a responsibility for insult or slander? Otherwise, there may be chaos on the internet. Many years ago a number of laws and norms were adopted in the European countries and US for regulation of the relations and realization of ethical rules on the internet. In these countries internet became a norm of life a long time ago, while in our country internet is just becoming a norm of life. Social networks have already become an inseparable part of our life. Sometimes the decisions passed in this regard can be admitted carefully by our society. But these decisions are based on the practice of Europe, all developed countries," he said.

The official of the Presidential Administration said the reason of the position of the European Union representatives on Azerbaijan regarding this issue is that they can not realize the essence of the decisions passed in Azerbaijan.