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On April 18, the State Duma adopted in the second reading a package of bills on the fight against terrorism, which, in particular, equate the activities of bloggers with the media. Now users of social networks, whose pages are visited by more than 3,000 people a day, will be required to register in the register, mark information, follow the rules of election campaigning and not talk about the private lives of fellow citizens.

From the point of view of the fight against terrorism, this bill is certainly not needed: the current legislation is enough to control the blogosphere. Advertising taxes? There are tax laws. You can also sue a blogger for slander — everyone has the Navalny case before their eyes (see p. 16). The task is different: to stop the flow of revelations of embezzlement on the Internet. This mechanism will help regulate the Russian Internet. Even if you posted a photo with kittens, if you wish, you can say to a blogger who is read by more than 3,000 people: “Oh, you bastard! If you don't register, then we'll close you." By the way, the necessary 3000 is easy to get drunk with the help of bots. One thing is not clear: most social networks, such as Facebook, are not registered in Russia, therefore, they may not obey the decisions of Russian authorities to block a particular user. And how will they deal with it? No way! When they come at you with a gun, there is little you can do: if there was a blogger, there would be an article.