Internet Magazine, 1998, August 10
As early as this October, a new version of Russia's SORM ministerial act - which stands for 'system of efficient research measures' - could be approved by the Ministry of Justice, according to local sources. Hatched between the FSB (a successor to Russia's KGB secret police force) and the State Committee on Communications (Goskomsvyaz), the so-called SORM-2 act would let the FSB boost its monitoring of email by digitally linking its offices with all Internet service providers (ISPs) throughout Russia.
10.08.1998
