The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill banning the distribution of photographs and videos depicting brutal crimes and their consequences and calls for violence. Such materials, including garbage streams, will be blocked in Russia, reports TASS.
The bill was introduced by a group of senators and lawmakers in December 2023. It amends the “Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information”.
According to its provisions, the distribution of content depicting illegal actions committed with cruelty, their consequences and calls for such actions will be grounds for inclusion of an Internet resource in the register of sites banned in the Russian Federation.
Additionally, the bill imposes an obligation on social network owners to identify such materials. The bill also complements the law “On the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development”. It states that violent material refers to information that is prohibited for children.
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