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"Most young people in social networks are seriously concerned about the Azerbaijani government. The power ministries and MPs of ruling party, are alarmed about the dangers of "Facebook" not by chance,” Azerbaijani newspaper "Bizim Yol" writes.

As the portal "Haqqin.az" reports, in regional and municipal police stations of Azerbaijan, "Facebook states" are created. The young police helpers, who have specialized in information technologies, receive monthly salary of 250-300 Euros. They have separate rooms and high-speed internet in police departments. They are tasked to control the activists of the oppositional parties and free-thinking youth. Every day the chiefs of the police are reported about the written results on tracking the political activists in Facebook.

It was also found out that young people that are attracted to this work, received informal salary, i.e. chiefs of the police give it in "envelopes."

In the beginning of March, MP Fazail Agamali, the leader of the pro-governmental party of Azerbaijan "Fatherland", spoke for imposing restrictions on social networks, including "Facebook." He told that social networks are a threat to the Azerbaijani statehood. In early April Hadi Radjabli, the Chairman of the Permanent Commission for Social Policy of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijan's Parliament) spoke in favor of limiting the social network "Facebook" in Azerbaijan.

On March 10, in Baku, a mass protest against the deaths of soldiers in the army in non-combat situation was held. The rally was dispersed by the police; at least 60 people were detained. There were about 3000 protesters at Fountain Square. The number of participants increased due to the relatives of the recruits killed in the Azerbaijani army. Earlier, a similar protest was held on January 12 in 2013 and was also dispersed by the police. Both protests were organized in social networks.