The Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) requested to block the website moldnovosti.wordpress.com because this disseminates fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic, IPN reports.
In a press release, the SIS says the measure is to be taken by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) based on an order signed by the SIS director on May 7.
Under the ordnance made by the Commission for Exceptional Situations on March 23, the providers of electronic communications services accessible to the public are obliged to immediately block the mentioned websites under a decision of the ANRCETI taken based on a list compiled by the SIS.
According to the SIS, while monitoring the information sphere, it was determined that the persons who are behind websites that propagate fake news about COVID-19 became more active.
