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Russia presented proposals at the UNHRC on upholding human rights with technology development. Russia has faced increasing cyber attacks and data leaks, leading it to pass laws authorizing internet surveillance and partitioning Russia's internet. In response, Russia proposed MIA, involving media filtering by AI and state review to block false/harmful information, intelligence surveillance of data, and conditional access to independent foreign media after review. Russia seeks support from like-minded states in upholding human rights in line with its policies and looks forward to discussion.

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Russia presented proposals at the UNHRC on upholding human rights with technology development. Russia has faced increasing cyber attacks and data leaks, leading it to pass laws authorizing internet surveillance and partitioning Russia's internet. In response, Russia proposed MIA, involving media filtering by AI and state review to block false/harmful information, intelligence surveillance of data, and conditional access to independent foreign media after review. Russia seeks support from like-minded states in upholding human rights in line with its policies and looks forward to discussion.

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Council: United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

Topic: Upholding Human Rights With Respect To The Development Of


Technology And Media
Country: Russia
Javier Azhar Juoro & Dimas Danadhyaksa

“The world revolves around information”, a quote that may sound simple, but is the basis
of our existence. Humans are a social species, we depend on communication with one another. In
the modern age, information spreads easier than ever. The growing emergence of online media is
the main factor in the fast circulation of information. It's everyone’s right to access information
as fast and easily as possible and Russia strongly believes so too. Over the years, Russia has
created policies and was involved in conventions to uphold human rights with respect to the
development of technology and media. Russia’s goals and methods may differ from other
countries, and may also be opposite to their morals, as it suits a different political structure. Still,
Russia is in support.
As of recent times, approximately 18% of personal computers in Russia faced a cyber
security attack, and every 1 out of 10 computers was attacked by phishing on a yearly basis. Data
leaks mostly involved personal data.1 As a result, new Russian Federal Laws were signed in
2019, namely, N90-FZ, which orders internet surveillance and authorize the Russian government
to partition Russia from the rest of the internet as a mean of national security. 2 Notably, Russia
signed and ratified the “Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic
Processing of Personal Data”, on December 19, 2005. With the goal of protecting the rights of
data privacy of individuals. 3
Despite the past actions of Russia, technology keeps on improving, and with this comes
issues. As more information gets more feasibly circulated, information that is hateful, false, and
harmful correspondingly increases. The delegate of Russia also acknowledges its past censorship
of foreign and independent media, limiting the bridge to other countries. 4
1 https://www.statista.com/topics/7335/information-security-and-cyber-crime-in-russia/#topicOverview

2 https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/government-engagement-ge/ge-006-19jan21-en.pdf

3 https://www.coe.int/en/web/data-protection/russia

4 https://rsf.org/en/russian-journalism-chained-kremlin-s-systemic-censorship-0
In response to this, Russia has proposed MIA, which stands for Media, Intelligence,
Access, a set of possible solutions to the issue.

1. Media filtering; ensures that all the information coming from the media does not contain
any false substances or hoaxes, or harmful substances, such as racism, hate speech, and
bias. This will be done automatically by A.I., then be reviewed by state officials if it's
suitable for publication.
2. Intelligence surveillance; The collection and recording of incoming, ongoing, changing,
and outcoming data in the state’s server. It enables the spotting of suspicious tweaking
done to the data, which will then be notified for further actions if needed. This act as a
surveillance mechanism for the system.
3. Access to more independent and foreign states' media; Allows more bridging of
information with other countries, with a strict requirement that it has passed through
previous reviews, notably of the “Media filtering” and “Intelligence surveillance”
solutions.

To sum up, the delegation of Russia would like to ask for the support of other states with
the same vision and beliefs as Russia, towards upholding human rights, in corresponding with its
policies. Russia strongly looks forward to fellow member states in expected, upcoming
discussions.

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