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State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov introduced a bill banning social networks for children under 14 years old. According to the document, it is proposed to completely prohibit registration if the user is under 14 years old. Another provision of the law stipulates the introduction of a number of prohibitions for other minors.

A new law on social media called to help cope with negative influence peers at each other. In particular, according to the developers of the bill, children from disadvantaged families are for the majority a bad example to follow, which leads to high mortality among adolescents due to despair, misunderstanding in the family, etc. Milonov and other developers, who are mostly deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad areas, propose to completely prohibit the use of social media before the age of 14 years.

What changes do you plan to make?

According to the bill "ABOUT legal regulation activities of social networks " the following changes are planned in the new law on social networks.

Registration rules. Up to 14 years old registration is closed, after this age only by passport. If the user has not provided reliable data, the owner of the social network does not have the right to register him.

Other changes relate to providing one user the ability to register more than 1 page on a social network... If the user provided inaccurate data about himself - false name, age, then he will be fined 3-5 thousand rubles. If the owner of the social network allowed one user to have multiple accounts, he, according to the bill, will be fined 300 thousand rubles.

Age restrictions. As already mentioned, registration under the age of 14 is completely prohibited. But, for the rest of the minors, it is planned to make a number of changes in the use of social networks. For other minors, a ban will be imposed on participation in the actions of those communities that disseminate information prohibited by law among children:

• Obscene language.
• Information that creates disrespect for parents and family in general.

With repeated use of obscene language, minors will not be able to register in any community, and their parents will be prosecuted, in particular, they will be fined 1.5-2 thousand rubles.

According to the bill, it is prohibited to use social networks to organize rallies, processions and other unauthorized gatherings... In particular, minors are prohibited from disseminating such information.

The changes will also affect opportunities to use social media during working hours... In particular, employees of the budgetary sphere and persons who are in the civil service of the Russian Federation.

According to members of the State Duma committee, the bill may not receive support, since the introduction of such was not coordinated with the United Russia party, of which Milonov is a member, nor with the committee.

Yevgeny Revenko, a State Duma deputy, expressed his opinion that such an initiative is dangerous. It is not intended to help, but to alienate young people. He said that there are many prohibitions in the law, including the propaganda of terrorism, drug addiction and other illegal actions. Instead, he believes, it is necessary for the adult population to “go” to social networks and communicate with the younger generation.

The presidential press secretary also spoke about the bill and its bans. He explained that the Kremlin had not seen the text of the bill. All information and passages of the law come from the media, where they are actively discussed. But, the provisions of the bill are not very realistic. Developers should consult with the IT industry to submit such a provision.

Also, the State Duma expressed concerns about where children under 14 will go? They will start registering on foreign social networks, which is not a plus for the country.

Other deputies of the State Duma expressed their opinion that such a bill may be appropriate, but its provisions should be brought "to reasonable". The majority should participate in the development of regulations, one or two deputies are not enough. Objectivity, in this case, cannot be achieved.

New social media registration rules

The adoption of the new law will lead to a number of changes, including changes in the registration rules. The owner of the social network will have to establish the real identity of the user, require his passport data. Registration in social networks with a passport will lead to the ability to monitor the activities of social networks, reduce mortality among adolescents, since it will be possible to notify loved ones due to the identity established during registration.

By law, it is prohibited to register those who have not provided their data, or who are not yet 14 years old. The owner of a social network in violation of these requirements faces a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles.

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We also note that Herman Klimenko, Advisor to the President on Internet Development, believes that such changes are not made in a short period of time, the provisions of the bill should be discussed with the IT industry.

Vitaly Milonov's bill (a United Russia deputy is listed as the sole author) proposes to prohibit suckers under 14 years of age from using social networks, while the rest requires them to register there only under their real name and surname, indicating their passport details. In addition, it is proposed to establish rules for communication and publication of multimedia in social networks. According to Milonov, such restrictions will help punish distributors of illegal content, protect users from fraudsters, instigators of child suicide and solve the problem of “fake pages”. The Kremlin has already called it "unlikely" that the Duma will take such odious measures. The "harmfulness" of the wording of the law-making lawyer Milonov was also noticed in the General Council of United Russia itself. Internet experts and human rights activists interviewed by Novaya Gazeta also doubted that the draft law in this form has any chances.

Why is Vitaly Milonov's bill needed: Milonov's version

Social networks have an unclear legal status, said the initiator of the law. This leads to "tragedies": Milonov cites as an example, who was convicted of reposting someone else's video of child abuse in a children's camp (now Chudnovets).

To regulate social networks, the deputy proposes to create an "interdepartmental coordinating body to control the implementation of activities in social networks", where they will monitor compliance with the rules in social networks and choose ways to control them.

Milonov proposes to solve most of the problems either through deanonymization of the social network user up to the indication of the passport data at the entrance (then the user who violated the law can be easily brought to justice), or through prohibitive measures (no possibility - no problem), or through the most general formulations (“follow the law "," Do not violate the law ", etc.).

Let's take a closer look.

Why is there a version that this law is an initiative "against Navalny"?

The bill contains a separate block dedicated to the organization of unauthorized rallies through social networks. Milonov proposes to toughen administrative responsibility for this. Organizations calling on people on social networks to go to an unauthorized rally "encroach on undermining the statehood and sovereignty of the country," the document on the State Duma website says.

The block of the bill, which refers to the responsibility for organizing unauthorized rallies, directly refers to the recent mass actions against corruption on March 26, the organization of which took place mainly through the social network Vkontakte. The protests were triggered by the authorities' lack of response to the popular anti-corruption investigation by the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation. In many regions, supporters of the politician organized street actions. The FBK investigation itself was disseminated by Navalny through another social network - Youtube - and was a huge success: to date, the 50-minute film "He's Not Dimon for You" has already been watched over 18 million times.

As an official response to the FBK investigation, the authorities put forward a statement that “citizens were found for a certain amount” for protest actions. In an explanatory note to his bill, Milonov will add only one clarification to this. Rate the grace: " THROUGH SOCIALfind citizens for a certain amount ... ", which leads to the conclusion about the terrible danger of social networks.

Why is it convenient to call this law a fight against "death groups"?

"Death groups" (the name is taken from the eponymous Galina Mursalieva in "Novaya Gazeta"), that is, closed communities for teenagers "VKontakte", whose members are forced to perform tasks with a suicidal bias, are directly mentioned in the bill. Milonov believes that the safety of children on the Internet today is not guaranteed by anything, social networks for children "turn into a drug", teenagers are easy to manipulate.

“The administrators of the“ death groups ”suppress the will of the child with their authority before him and drag him into a deadly game,” the document that got to the State Duma loftily states.

Under the pretext of protecting children from instigators to suicide, over the past year, politicians and officials at various levels have repeatedly proposed to limit freedom of information on the Russian Internet. It makes no sense to list and comment on them separately here. The priority tool that really helps a teenager to cope with thoughts of suicide is timely and professional psychological counseling. This is what the Vkontakte social network is doing by building a mechanism automatic blocking suicidal communities by allowing them to complain about comments calling for suicide and by connecting psychologists to hotline, whose contacts pop up when the user mentions labeled words and expressions.

Elsewhere, in the explanatory note to Milonov's bill, there is a proposal to ban “destructive communities in social networks,” which can be interpreted more broadly than suicidal publics, but no further explanation is provided.

Trade is a "security threat". 18+!

Milonov believes that users who have not reached the age of 18 should not buy goods through social networks, as this also "threatens their safety."

Government employees are slaves of social networks. Deny!

The bill proposes to prohibit or seriously restrict public sector employees on the rules for using social networks during working hours. The relevant clauses are proposed to be indicated in additional conditions to the employment contract.

Mages and Healers: Ban!

"Special attention is paid to reposts ..."

One of the few really important, but completely not spelled out initiatives in the bill. Milonov, referring to the “Chudnovets case” as a resonant case, proposes to take out of punishment users who repost (that is, who indicated the original source of the recording), if the distributed content is found to be in violation of the law.

What is not clear

Commenting rules?

The bill contains a lot of vague wording and requirements, which is very confusing. This fully applies to the paragraph on the rules of commenting, where users are required to comply with applicable law, protect their passwords and not spread personal information about third parties on social networks.

The "pernicious influence" of social networks?

The point that social networks have a "pernicious influence" on adolescents was left without explanation in the bill. As an example, only the case of Diana Shurygina is mentioned, the interest in which is associated with the "licentiousness of modern youth."

Scammers have infiltrated the charity arena. Strictly control!

For charitable activities in social networks, Milonov proposes to establish "special requirements", since scammers have learned to use a wide audience reach for their own ends. What is meant by “special requirements” is not specified.

About money: “... Will not require additional funds from the budget»

Milonov believes that the implementation of the positions of the bill he proposed will not burden the budget in any way.

Feedback from experts and stakeholders

Artem Kozlyuk

head of the Roskomsvoboda project, lawyer

"Even against the background of regressive bills on the Runet, this one stands out for its legal illiteracy."

- I hope that the bill will not be adopted in such an absurd form. Even against the background of regressive bills on the Internet space, he stands out for his legal illiteracy and lack of understanding of the main thing he is dedicated to - the functioning of social networks.

There are a number of risks in it both for users and for the business community in Russia.

Many, reading the bill, emphasize that children will not be allowed on social networks. But for this, all users must provide their personal data. This is strange, because, while interacting with each other offline, we do not show our passport data to a nearby police officer or the owner of a cafe in which we carry out our social interaction. And the deputy Milonov for some reason believes that we must introduce ourselves at the entrance. Although the right to anonymity is already a digital human right, the UN is talking about it. Each of us has the right to anonymize ourselves.

Further. The bill obliges social networks to collect and store our data. That is, we face the risk of confidential information leaks. This despite the fact that we periodically see how massive leaks of such data occur, which then surface either on black markets or are published in the open. This also applies to state information systems, and regular services. And this will continue to happen, despite the fines and such bills.

I hope with caution and optimism that this bill will either be frozen or transformed. Although, of course, it can be transformed for the worse by adding new terms.

- My point of view is probably close to the point of view of the State Duma. What has happened now, it seems to me, is a thirst for PR. I don't really understand her. Maybe it's all the fault of Mr. Milonov's low corporate character. For example, when we introduced a bill on medicine, we first received approval from the State Duma's medical committee. I think this is important when you enter someone else's territory. Not in the sense that it is simply "alien", but in the fact that the entire bill is superficial. It shows that the people who wrote it have absolutely no idea how social networks work.
If tomorrow you receive a legal decision that networks cannot serve children under 14, then

we will face the fact that we will immediately lose the audience that foreign companies will take. Maybe Mr. Milonov bought shares in Snapchat or Facebook. I don't know, but from the outside it looks something like this.

The introduction of passport data - it sounds wild, because the feeling that people live some kind of social past. If we enter passport data, we have a problem with the storage of personal data.

These people do not understand at all, but what are we going to do with the citizens of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus who live in our country and those who use social networks in the Russian-speaking cities of their countries and provide general social connections between network users? What should we do, disable them and kick them out?

I think it all looks wild. And, without answering these questions, it is irresponsible to submit such a bill to the Duma.

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MOSCOW, April 10 - RIA Novosti. State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov introduced a bill to parliament that concerns the work of social networks. So, the politician proposes to register new users with a passport, prohibit Russians from using social networks during working hours, and also use public pages to organize uncoordinated actions.

In the social network with a passport

One of Milonov's initiatives concerns registration of new users in social networks. In particular, he betrayed to oblige Russians to provide their passport data.

"When registering, the owner is obliged to request from the individual registering in electronic form an identity document (including an identity document of a foreign citizen or stateless person in Russian Federation) and allows you to establish the last name, first name, patronymic (if any) and age of the specified individual ", - said in the explanatory note to the document.

Milonov also proposes to oblige Russians to register on social networks only under their real name and surname. In his opinion, it is also necessary to prohibit a person from creating multiple accounts.

The bill provides that it will be possible to use social networks only from the age of 14.

"The owner has the right to establish additional age restrictions for registration individuals in a social network, "- specified in the document.

Milonov paid special attention to publics marked "18+". He proposes to fine parents whose children under the age of 18 join such communities.

If the bill is passed, the parents will have to pay a fine ranging from one and a half to two thousand rubles.

Not for work

Another proposal, which Milonov introduced to parliament, regulates the use of social networks during working hours. The deputy is sure that the employer should get the right to prohibit his employees from surfing the Internet.

If the law is adopted, the corresponding amendments will be made to Article 57 of the Labor Code - "Content of the employment contract".

About meetings

Milonov's initiatives have already been commented on in the Kremlin. According to the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, the glad proposals will be difficult to implement in practice.

"We have not seen the essence of this bill, but only read in the media those provisions that may be contained in it, which we are not sure about. Those provisions that are discussed in the media, of course, are unrealistic, so there is hardly any need to take -this position, "- said Peskov to journalists who were interested in whether the deputy's initiatives could violate" constitutional human rights to access information and protect personal data. "

State Duma deputies adopted in the first reading a bill that somewhat changes the rules for the work of social networks. The document has passed the first reading, the second and third are coming. But, most likely, it will be accepted.

We will tell you what will change for ordinary users after the entry into force of the law.

What is the essence of the bill?

The main message is this: the law should protect users from misinformation on the Internet. Including it comes about fake news.

The document also provides for the introduction of user identification in social networks by number mobile phone and moderation of visitors' posts. In fact, this will prevent you from using social networks anonymously, since SIM cards are sold with a passport.

The text of the bill says: "Prevent the use of the public network for the purpose of committing criminal acts, disclosure of information constituting state or other secrets specially protected by law, dissemination of materials containing public calls for terrorist activities or publicly justifying terrorism, and other extremist materials, and also materials promoting pornography, the cult of violence and cruelty, and materials containing obscene language. "

What is a large network?

According to the text of the draft law, a large public network is one, access to which within a day is more than one hundred thousand Internet users.

What else are the owners of the public network obliged to do?

They must create a representative office of the owner of the public network on the territory of the Russian Federation. And they must also comply with the obligations of the organizer of the dissemination of information on the Internet, provided for in Article 101 of this Federal Law.

It is also necessary to "restrict access or remove, at the request of a user of a public network, information disseminated in it, which is clearly aimed at propaganda of war, incitement of national, racial or religious hatred and enmity, and other information for the dissemination of which criminal or administrative liability is provided, within 24 hours from the moment of receipt of the said application, "the document says.

What happens if Roskomnadzor or other agencies notice violations?

You will need to delete the post.

"The federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of mass media, mass communications, information technologies and communications, within 24 hours from the moment of their receipt, considers them and sends the owner of the public network an order to immediately stop the dissemination of information specified in part 10 of this article, "- says the text of the bill.

The punishment is quite severe: a fine of up to 50 million rubles. In case of repeated violations, the sites are threatened with blocking.

If the owner of the public network fails to comply with the requirement specified in part 11 of this article, the federal executive body exercising control and supervision functions in the field of mass media, mass communications, information technology and communications shall restrict access to the information specified in this requirement.

In accordance with the document, it is proposed to completely prohibit registration in social networks of Russians under 14 years old, and to restrict the possibilities of using social networks by other minors.

State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov submitted to the parliament a draft law "On the legal regulation of social networks," according to which it is proposed to completely "prohibit the use of social networks by persons under the age of 14".

According to the developers of the bill, which is signed by Milonov, the introduction of the ban will help to cope with the "pernicious influence" of "difficult" teenagers and children from disadvantaged families on their peers, as well as reduce the number of teenage suicides.

According to the document published in the database of the State Duma bills, the adoption of the new law will entail a change in the rules for registration in social networks. The network owner will be obliged to demand a passport from the new user and establish his real name and surname (full name), as well as age. It is prohibited to register those who have not submitted their data, as well as those who have not yet turned 14 years old, under the threat of a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles.

The same fine is imposed on the owners of social networks for allowing one user to create several pages on the same network. Yes, the bill also prohibits having several pages. Moreover, their presence can be punishable: a user who has opened more than one account is proposed to be fined 3-5 thousand rubles. The same penalty is stipulated for providing incorrect full name and information about your age during registration.

Age restrictions are stipulated by the bill not only for those who have not yet turned 14, but also for other minors. The former, as indicated above, are generally prohibited from registering in social networks, while the latter are prohibited from “taking part in the activities of communities in which information is disseminated,” which is prohibited by law from being disseminated among children.

According to the law, information prohibited for dissemination among children includes, among other things, obscene language and information that “creates disrespect for parents and (or) other family members”. Given the active use of obscene language in social networks, minors will not be able to legally register in any community at all. Parents of those who violate the ban face a fine of 1.5-2 thousand rubles.

The bill proposed by Milonov prohibits even adults from using social networks to “organize unauthorized meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions or pickets”, including in the form of disseminating information about the upcoming holding of such actions.

Additionally, the bill proposes to introduce a ban on the use of social networks during working hours for employees of budgetary organizations and persons in the civil service of the Russian Federation.

RBC's source in the State Duma said that "Milonov's initiative will most likely not receive support." According to a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Yevgeny Revenko, the introduction of the bill was not agreed with either the committee or the faction of the United Russia party, which includes both Milonov and Revenko himself.

“I consider this initiative harmful, it will only alienate the youth from us. It is necessary not to prohibit any more, but to go to social networks and talk, ”Revenko explained, recalling that the current legislation has enough restrictions on the propaganda of terrorism, extremism, drug addiction and other illegal actions on social networks.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin has not yet seen the bill.

“We have not seen the essence of this bill, but only read in the media the provisions that it may contain, which we are not sure about. The provisions that are being discussed in the media are, of course, not very realistic. It is hardly necessary to take any position here, ”Peskov said.

The presidential advisor on the Internet, German Klimenko, in an interview with RBC said that before submitting such a bill to the State Duma and “chasing reputation pluses,” Milonov needed to consult with the IT industry.

“First, where will children under 14 go? They will immediately go to foreign social networks. Secondly, if you literally read Milonov's proposal, we lose users on VKontakte from Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. This is incomparable with the possible advantages, ”Klimenko said.

According to the adviser, he is ready to personally participate in the preparation of the bill. “We will either bring the bill into a form worthy for the development of Runet, or we will offer our own version,” added the presidential adviser.

On Monday, April 10, VTsIOM, almost two-thirds of Russians (62%) support the adoption of a law banning the use of social networks for children under the age of 14. Moreover, among young people aged 18-24, 67% support the adoption of such a law.