Putin signed the Law on Columbine Blocks

The information becomes forbidden, encouraging children to “commit actions that pose a threat to the life and health of other persons, or a different involvement of children in the commission of such actions aimed at declining”.

The legislation based on unverified information and promoted in the society of hysteria continues to expand. A year ago, laws on the so-called “death groups” (120-ФЗ and 248-ФЗ) were adopted, about the doubtfulness of which Roskomsvoboda spoke from the moment Irina Yarova and other deputies over them.

At the beginning of this year, against the backdrop of news on the surge of violence in educational institutions, the authorities were puzzled by the development of a bill that would provide for a punishment for declining minors to relevant actions. In May of this year, a group of deputies, together with Irina Yarova, introduced a bill No. 469143-7 to the State Duma, which amendments to the laws “On Information” and “On the Protection of Children from harmful information” are made.

In early December, the bill was adopted, approved by the Federation Council, and the other day- signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Federal Law of December 18, 2018 No. 472-FZ, which comes into force from the moment of official publication.

The document complements the list of information prohibited for distribution among children. Now there are websites that encourage minors to actions that pose a threat to their life and health or other people.

According to the law, the basis for the inclusion of information in the register of prohibited sites will be the decision of the authorized executive body in relation to information distributed on the Internet.

According to the law, the site will be introduced to the register for prohibited by the decision of the authorized executive body. The document obliges the hosting provider to block access to the resource immediately. At this moment, according to the legislation, the blocking of dangerous information should occur within a day.

Recall that at the end of November this year, the scientists of St. Petersburg State University at the initiative of the Investigative Committee conducted a study and found out that the Internet is not the cause of the destructive behavior of children and adolescents. This was announced by the senior assistant to the chairman of the Investigative Committee, General of Justice Igor Komissarov.

General of the Investigative Committee noted that minors decide to commit suicide under the influence of several factors. “And the Internet itself has never played the main role in this. This is only a means of communication. No need to demonize his influence, ”he said.

In early January, the press service of VKontakte reported that the students who attacked the school in Ulan-Ude did not use the social network to coordinate their actions, as the authorities claimed. Moreover, they have not visited the social network for more than a year. But this did not prevent the deputies from turning on the machine to develop new Internet premises, and the president-to envy the results of their labors.