RKN asked the programming service for children Scratch to offer only two genders during registration - male and female

Roskomnadzor (RKN) asked the administration of the educational Internet service Scratch to change the set of data collected during the registration of Russian users, leaving only two "gender options" - male and female. This was reported on the website of the department.

Earlier, information appeared that the Scratch educational service at the registration stage offers users various options for choosing a gender, including those that do not correspond to Russian traditional values.

In addition, Roskomnadzor notified the Scratch administration that it considers the collected data on the gender of Russian users to be redundant, since “in Russia, men and women have equal rights, including to receive education.”

Now, when registering on the Russian version of the Scratch website, the user is prompted with the question “What is your gender?” - and the answer options "Female", "Male", "Non-binary", "Other" (with the ability to specify your own option) and "I prefer not to speak."

• Scratch is a programming language with a simple visual interface for children and teenagers, as well as an educational Internet service of the same name. The Scratch language was created in the 2000s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.
• In 2020, the Scratch service was blocked in China.
• On October 27, the State Duma of Russia adopted in the first reading amendments to the legislation prohibiting "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" among citizens of the Russian Federation - both among adults and children.