Yandex remains the search engine

The Prosecutor General's office completed the audit of the company "Yandex" and decided not to change the status of the Russian search engine. Supervisory bodies are not found reasons for registration of the service as the media.

The company tested for compliance with the law "On mass media". Genreportunit found no violations in the work of the search engine and decided not to change the status of the media. Complaints to the company were removed and work "Yandex'and" deemed appropriate legislation.

Remember, the search engine is not made of state Duma Deputy Andrei Lugovoi in consequence of the regulator news Russian Webп°. Due to the presence of informational materials MP urged him to equate "Yandex" to the media. In his opinion, the work "Yandex'and" does not correspond to the law "On mass media", as on a page of a search engine are published the materials of news and analytical character, and even the materials of leading Russian and foreign online publications, reports "Kommersant".

The dissemination of such materials, said Lugovoi, inter alia considers meadow, and the even distribution of the mass media,and therefore the company "Yandex" have to respect the rules set for the media. Earlier the question of the status "Yandex'and" in connection with its function news aggregator rose 24 April on the media forum, unauthorized "Russian popular front".

Then the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in response to a question blogger has announced that "Yandex'om" "not so simple", and now in the administration consider that to believe the media, and what is not. As we were informed Melbourne Herald sun, the situation with "Yandex'om" has provoked a wave of discontent Russian search engines. The Internet company said that they are ready to refuse the news in the case, if their news aggregators will be treated as the media.

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