He stated this at the opening of the conference on combating terrorism.
“I am so fluent on the issue of the Internet, because none of you will reproach me for at least restricting the Internet in Belarus. Although it would be necessary. We do not yet know how to do this so that a civilized society does not again subject us to sanctions, so we do not touch the Internet yet. Time suffers, ”TUT.by quotes Lukashenko.
Lukashenko also told how the youngest son explained to him what darknet is.
“We have breakfast with our baby, 15 years old, I ask:“ Nikolay, what is darknet? ”He struck me: he laid out on the shelves what I had not heard at all. If you want drugs, buy weapons - this is the network. I thought: a kid who, as it seemed to me, is far from this, knows better than me. There is probably something to think about, ”said the President of Belarus.
In March 2019, it was reported that Lukashenko approved the concept of information security of Belarus.