Will the law on social networks be adopted? Without a passport, Milonov’s other ideas should not be allowed on social networks: the bill is already in the State Duma. What changes are planned
Legislative Assembly Leningrad region developed a draft law "On the legal regulation of the activities social networks". It involves a strict procedure for the admission and identification of users who will be required to create pages only under their real name.
When registering, you will have to provide passport data. Children under the age of 14 will not be allowed to use social networks at all. Submission of the draft to the State Duma is scheduled for April 5.
According to the draft law "On the legal regulation of the activities of social networks and on amendments to certain legislative acts"(its text is at the disposal of Izvestia") only a person who has reached the age of 14 can be a user of the social network. When registering, the owner of the service is obliged to check the passport data of Russian and foreign citizens. For violation of this rule, the legal entity - the owner of the site faces a fine of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles. If the user did not report a change in data or deliberately provided false information, he faces a fine of 1,000 to 3,000 rubles.
You can create only one page and only under your real name and surname, otherwise a fine will follow: the owner of the site - up to 300 thousand rubles, the user - up to 5 thousand. Users under the age of 18 are prohibited from joining communities where information prohibited for children is posted . Otherwise, parents will have to pay a fine of up to 2 thousand rubles. Selling any goods to minors through social networks will also be punishable by law. In addition, the document assumes a ban on advertising "of an occult-magical nature and smoking mixtures."
It is forbidden to inform citizens about unauthorized meetings and rallies, disseminate information about uncoordinated events and publish correspondence with other users without their consent.
It is forbidden to distribute any information (text, photo, video) that promotes national and other intolerance, the use of alcohol and tobacco products, non-traditional sexual relations, etc. - if the message is not accompanied by a "clear condemnation of these materials."
The explanatory note mentions the resonant case of the teacher kindergarten Evgenia Chudnovets. She reposted a video of a child being bullied at a children's camp. After that, the perpetrators were punished. But the teacher herself was found guilty of distributing child pornography, although she made a repost in order to draw attention to the situation and find criminals. Subsequently, her sentence was overturned.
One of the authors of the document, Vladimir Petrov, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, explained that the law should come into force on January 1, 2018. Social networks will have time to bring user agreements into line with it, remove those who are not yet 14 years old, and collect passport data from the rest in order to change account names if necessary.
- Now the situation is difficult: social networks are multimillion-dollar virtual societies that affect real life countries. The relevance of the document is confirmed by recent high-profile events - from unauthorized political speeches to a terrorist threat, - Vladimir Petrov explained. - For the sake of public safety, it is necessary to introduce the principle of universal verification of users, this can only be done from the moment a citizen receives a passport - from the age of 14. No one is trying to introduce censorship or restrict freedom of speech. Verification and strict control over the authenticity of names will only increase the price of your own opinion and virtual communication.
No one is trying to introduce censorship or restrict freedom of speech. Verification and strict control over the authenticity of names will only increase the price of your own opinion and virtual communication.
In addition, the deputy suggested that linking an account to a passport would help solve the problem of manipulating public opinion online and destroy all kinds of “communities of trolls” and pranksters. The explanatory note to the bill states that the publication of photos and videos with the use of alcohol and illegal substances, "in the opinion of a teenager, makes him more authoritative in the eyes of others." The sensational case of Diana Shurygina, who suffered from her drunken peers, shows what consequences this can lead to. - A similar trend is noticeable in Western social networks - their administrations are interested in protecting users from negative and harmful information. They strive to provide as much personal information as possible. I am sure that many countries will follow this path, - said Vladimir Petrov.
There are also reports of teenagers committing suicide after joining online communities. “Lack of attention from parents, problems at school, unrequited love, fear of the future - force children to immerse themselves in the virtual world," the document says.
“I must admit: the Internet has already ceased to be a funny toy where they send funny pictures about cats,” State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov told Izvestia. - This is a virtual reflection of the state. Attackers often use the Internet and social networks for their own purposes - the good soil allows. The less irresponsible anonymity, the better - you can not give this area at the mercy of molesters, terrorists and criminals. If the document is submitted for consideration by the State Duma, then, I think, with a number of amendments and after extensive discussion with the industry, it has a high chance of being approved by the chamber.
Presidential adviser German Klymenko said that the bill is still "extremely crude."
- I'm not a lawyer, but the definition of a social network looks very vague and all resources with communication between registered visitors fall under it. But what to do with the unregistered? Registration under one's own name without pseudonyms also raises many questions, - German Klimenko commented. - It seems to me that it would make sense to discuss the draft law with the industry in advance. There are enough platforms with professional and legal competencies: the Internet Development Institute, the Russian Association for Electronic Communications, the Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies. Otherwise, we can get the effect of the “Yarovaya package”, when, due to inaccurately formulated requirements for the volume of traffic storage, an information storm began.
Representatives of Mail.ru Group (which owns the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki) are in solidarity with German Klimenko. In their opinion, the initiative "at first glance, is not sufficiently developed."
- If the bill is submitted for discussion, we will have the opportunity to familiarize ourselves with it, - commented the press service of Mail.ru Group.
Director of external communications Rambler & Co (owns the Livejournal blog platform) Matvey Alekseev said that there is no need for such a bill.
“Now everything is perfectly regulated. We have SORM (a system of operational-search activities in telecommunications. - Izvestia), there is a Criminal and Civil codes- recalled Matvey Alekseev. - If the project becomes a law, it will be a blow to domestic projects and social networks. At the same time, the document does not contain restrictions on the use of foreign social networks and blog platforms.
The adoption of the bill may hit the business, says Matvey Alekseev. Many companies use social media to promote their products and services.
Another initiative from the bill is a complete ban on the use of social networks in work time for public sector employees. The explanatory note states that social networks have “enslaved office workers”: the loss of working time is huge, and employers cannot fight it.
The Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region has developed a draft law "On the legal regulation of the activities of social networks." It involves a strict procedure for the admission and identification of users who will be required to create pages only under their real name. When registering, you will have to provide passport data. Children under the age of 14 will not be allowed to use social networks at all. Submission of the draft to the State Duma is scheduled for April 5.
According to the draft law “On the legal regulation of the activities of social networks and on amendments to certain legislative acts” (its text is at the disposal of Izvestia), only a person who has reached the age of 14 can be a user of a social network. When registering, the owner of the service is obliged to check the passport data of Russian and foreign citizens. For violation of this rule, the legal entity - the owner of the site faces a fine of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles. If the user did not report a change in data or deliberately provided false information, he faces a fine of 1,000 to 3,000 rubles.
You can create only one page and only under your real name and surname, otherwise a fine will follow: the owner of the site - up to 300 thousand rubles, the user - up to 5 thousand. Users under the age of 18 are prohibited from joining communities where information prohibited for children is posted . Otherwise, parents will have to pay a fine of up to 2 thousand rubles. Selling any goods to minors through social networks will also be punishable by law. In addition, the document assumes a ban on advertising "of an occult-magical nature and smoking mixtures."
It is forbidden to inform citizens about unauthorized meetings and rallies, disseminate information about uncoordinated events and publish correspondence with other users without their consent.
It is forbidden to distribute any information (text, photo, video) promoting national and other intolerance, the use of alcohol and tobacco products, non-traditional sexual relations, etc. - if the message is not accompanied by a "clear condemnation of these materials"...
One of the authors of the document, Vladimir Petrov, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, explained that the law should come into force on January 1, 2018. Social networks will have time to bring user agreements into line with it, remove those who are not yet 14 years old, and collect passport data from the rest in order to change account names if necessary.
Now the situation is difficult: social networks are multimillion-dollar virtual societies that affect the real life of the country. The relevance of the document is confirmed by recent high-profile events - from unauthorized political speeches to a terrorist threat, - Vladimir Petrov explained. - For the sake of public safety, it is necessary to introduce the principle of universal verification of users, this can only be done from the moment a citizen receives a passport - from the age of 14. No one is trying to introduce censorship or restrict freedom of speech. Verification and strict control over the authenticity of names will only increase the price of your own opinion and virtual communication...
A similar trend is noticeable in Western social networks - their administrations are interested in protecting users from negative and harmful information. They strive to provide as much personal information as possible. I am sure that many countries will follow this path, - said Vladimir Petrov...
I must admit: the Internet has already ceased to be a funny toy, where they send funny pictures about cats, - State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov told Izvestia. - This is a virtual reflection of the state. Attackers often use the Internet and social networks for their own purposes - the good soil allows. The less irresponsible anonymity, the better - you can not give this area at the mercy of molesters, terrorists and criminals. If the document is submitted for consideration by the State Duma, then, I think, with a number of amendments and after extensive discussion with the industry, it has a high chance of approval by the chamber ...
Another initiative from the bill is a complete ban on the use of social networks during working hours for public sector employees. The explanatory note states that social networks have “enslaved office workers”: the loss of working time is huge, and employers cannot fight it.
On the night of April 5, information was published in RuNet, according to which children under 14 are invited to ban the use of social networks. Around midnight, the Izvestia newspaper wrote about it; the note said that children under 14 years of age could be banned from using social networks, and service owners could be required to check passports during registration. Such prohibitive measures were included in the bill, which was developed by the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region. However, closer to noon, despite the recent statement by President Vladimir Putin that one should treat with understanding the strict regulation of the Internet in China, a number of federal lawmakers, as well as representatives of all the leading social networks in Russia, spoke out with great criticism and irony about the initiative of the Leningrad Legislative Assembly .
According to Izvestia, the bill under discussion is officially titled: "On the Legal Regulation of the Activities of Social Networks and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts." Vladimir Petrov, one of the bill's authors, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, stressed that the relevance of this initiative "is confirmed by recent high-profile events - from unauthorized political speeches to terrorist threats."
“Now the situation is difficult: social networks are multimillion-dollar virtual societies that affect the real life of the country ... For the sake of public safety, it is necessary to introduce the principle of universal verification of users, this can only be done from the moment a citizen receives a passport - from the age of 14,” the deputy explained.
According to Petrov, the law should come into force on January 1, 2018. Thus, social networks will have time to bring user agreements in line with it, delete the accounts of users who are under 14 years old, and collect passport data from the rest in order to change account names if necessary, the deputy of the Leningrad Legislative Assembly explained.
The bill proposes to allow Russians to create only one personal page and only under their real name and surname. Violation of this rule will be punished by a fine: up to 300 thousand rubles for the site owner and up to 5 thousand rubles for the user.
In addition, the deputies of the Leningrad region also want to prohibit users under the age of 18 from joining communities where information prohibited for children is posted. For violation of the parents of a minor faces a fine of up to 2 thousand rubles.
In addition, the bill also spelled out a complete ban on the use of social networks during working hours for public sector employees. The authors of the document explain this by the fact that social networks have "enslaved office workers": the loss of working time is huge, and employers cannot fight it.
The explanatory note to the bill says that the publication of photos and videos on social networks with the use of alcohol and illegal substances, "in the opinion of a teenager, makes him more authoritative in the eyes of others." The sensational case of Diana Shurygina, who suffered from her drunken peers, shows what consequences this can lead to, the document says.
The explanatory note also includes media reports of teenagers who committed suicide after joining online communities. "Insufficient attention from parents, problems at school, unrequited love, fear of the future - make children immerse themselves in the virtual world," the authors of the document explain.
The initiative of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region has already been supported by State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, who stressed that "the Internet has already ceased to be a fun toy where funny pictures about cats are sent."
"This is a virtual reflection of the state. Attackers often use the Internet and social networks for their own purposes - the good soil allows. The less irresponsible anonymity, the better - this area cannot be left at the mercy of molesters, terrorists and criminals. If the document is submitted to the State Duma, then, I think that with a number of amendments and after extensive discussion with the industry, it has a high chance of being approved by the chamber," Milonov summed up.
The Internet industry criticized the bill, calling it "raw" and "ill-conceived"
Chairman of the Board of the Institute for the Development of the Internet and Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on the development of the Internet German Klimenko, commenting on the initiative of the deputies of the Leningrad Region, called the bill "extremely crude."
"I'm not a lawyer, but the definition of a social network looks very vague and all resources with communication between registered visitors fall under it. But what to do with unregistered ones? Registration under your own name without pseudonyms also raises many questions," Klymenko said.
In his opinion, it made sense to first discuss the details of the bill with representatives of the Internet industry before submitting it for general discussion.
"There are enough sites with professional and legal competencies: the Internet Development Institute, the Russian Association for Electronic Communications, the Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies. Otherwise, we can get the effect when an information storm starts due to inaccurately formulated requirements for the volume of traffic storage," he recalled President's advisor.
Representatives of the Mail.ru Group, which owns the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, also agree with Klimenko. In their opinion, the initiative "at first sight is insufficiently worked out". "If the bill is submitted for discussion, we will have the opportunity to familiarize ourselves with it," the press service of Mail.ru Group added.
VKontakte spokesman Yevgeny Krasnikov told RBC that the initiative "looks really unfinished." “At a minimum, it would be worthwhile to legally oblige users of social networks to pass the TRP standards before each entry into their account. Only excellent students and children of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region are exempted from this duty,” Krasnikov ironically suggested.
The director of external communications for Rambler & Co, which owns the Livejournal blog platform, Matvey Alekseev, in turn, said that, in his opinion, there was no need to adopt a new law regulating activities in social networks.
"Now everything is perfectly regulated anyway. We have SORM (a system of operational-search activities in telecommunications - Note. website), there are Criminal and Civil Codes. If the draft becomes law, it will be a blow to domestic projects and social networks. At the same time, the document does not contain restrictions on the use of foreign social networks and blog platforms," Alekseev said.
Dmitry Marinichev, Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights on the Internet, called the bill "heresy." "What nonsense! It's time to cancel the passport. And they offer us to drive in passport data. We are moving into the digital era, where registration and authorization should go the other way," he said.
"It won't work. Yes, it's pointless, because children have a need for socialization. The problem is not solved in this way. It is possible to adopt such a law, and it will not lead to anything, except for a gap in consciousness between the adequacy of reality and the imposition of regulation, which is not quite natural for people. In fact, this will have an absolutely negative effect on the authorities. Public protests will arise. As a result, society will understand that such management is not needed at all and that it can be structured and organized differently," Marinichev emphasized.
The State Duma pointed to the futility of the new bill on social networks
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, information technology and communications Leonid Levin, meanwhile, said that the draft law on restrictions on social networks prohibits what is already prohibited by existing regulations, and, in addition, restricts the freedoms of citizens.
"The initiative involves a ban on what is already prohibited by law - the dissemination of extremist and health-threatening information, and so on. In addition, many of the provisions of the bill run counter to decades of domestic and international practice," Parlamentskaya Gazeta quoted the deputy as saying.
Levin stressed that the bill as presented "restricts the freedoms of citizens, and if it is implemented, the rules in the Russian segment of the Internet will be stricter than offline."
According to the head of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, limiting the age of social network users to 14 years contradicts the existing trends in technology development, when about 90% of people aged 12 to 17 go online.
At the same time, Levin drew the attention of the deputies of the Leningrad region, who came up with a corresponding initiative, to the words of President Vladimir Putin, who had previously stated that the existing restrictions on the work of the Russian segment of the Internet were enough.
State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov introduced a bill to ban social networks for children under 14. According to the document, it is proposed to completely prohibit registration if the user is under 14 years old. Another provision of the law states the introduction of a number of prohibitions for other minors.
A new law on social networks called is intended to help deal with negative influence peers to each other. In particular, according to the developers of the bill, children from dysfunctional families are a bad role model for the majority, which leads to high mortality among adolescents due to despair, misunderstanding in the family, etc. Milonov and other developers, who are mainly deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad oblasts propose to completely ban the use of social networks before the age of 14 years.
What changes are they planning to make?
According to the bill "On the legal regulation of the activities of social networks" the following changes are planned in the new law on social networks.
Registration rules. Under 14 registration is closed, after this age only by passport. If the user has not provided reliable data, the owner of the social network has no right to register it.
Other changes concern the provision of a single user the ability to register more than 1 page in a social network. If the user provided false information 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 several accounts, according to the bill, he 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 introduce a number of changes in the use of social networks. For other minors, a ban will be imposed on participation in the activities of those communities that distribute information prohibited by law among children:
- Obscene language.
- Information that forms disrespect for parents and the family as a whole.
With repeated use of obscene language, minors will not be able to register in any community, and their parents will be held accountable, in particular, they will be fined 1.5-2 thousand rubles.
According to the bill, it is forbidden to use social networks to organize rallies, marches and other unauthorized gatherings. In particular, minors are prohibited from disseminating such information.
The changes will also affect Opportunities to use social networks during working hours. In particular, employees of the public sector and persons in the civil 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 agreed with the United Russia party, which Milonov is a member of, or with the committee.
Yevgeny Revenko, a member of the State Duma, expressed his opinion that such an initiative is dangerous. It is designed not to help, but to repel the youth. He spoke about the fact that there are many prohibitions in the law, including 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 prohibitions. He explained that the Kremlin had not seen the text of the bill. All information and excerpts of the law come from the media, where they are actively discussed. However, the provisions of the bill are not very realistic. To introduce such a provision, developers should consult with the IT industry.
Also, the State Duma expressed concerns about where children under 14 would go? They will start registering in foreign social networks, which is not a plus for the country.
Other State Duma deputies expressed their opinion that such a bill may be appropriate, but its provisions should be brought "to a reasonable level." The majority should participate in the development of regulations, one or two deputies are not enough. Objectivity, in this case, can not be achieved.
New rules for registration in social networks
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 control the activities of social networks, reduce mortality among adolescents, as it will be possible to notify loved ones thanks to the identity established during registration.
By law, it is forbidden to register those who have not provided their data, or who are not yet 14 years old. The owner of a social network in case of violation of these requirements faces a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles.
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We also note that German Klymenko, adviser 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.
The bill of Vitaly Milonov (deputy " United Russia” is listed as the sole author) proposes to ban adolescents under 14 from using social networks, and requires the rest to register there only under their real name and surname, indicating their passport data. 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 scammers, instigators of child suicide, and solve the problem of “fake pages”. The Kremlin has already called it "unlikely" for the Duma to take such odious measures. The "harmfulness" of the wording of Milonov's bill was also noticed in the General Council of United Russia itself. Interviewed by Novaya Gazeta, Internet experts and human rights activists also doubted that the bill in this form has any chances.
Why Vitaly Milonov's bill is needed: Milonov's version
Social networks have an unclear legal status, the initiator of the law believes. This leads to "tragedies": Milonov cites as an example, who was convicted for reposting someone else's video of bullying a child 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 the deanonymization of the user of the social network up to the indication of passport data at the entrance (then the user who violated the law can be easily held accountable), 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 consider in more detail.
Why is there a version that this law is an initiative “against Navalny”?
The bill contains a separate block dedicated to organizing unauthorized rallies through social networks. Milonov proposes to toughen administrative responsibility for this. Organizations that call on people on social networks to go to an unauthorized rally "encroach on undermining the statehood, the sovereignty of the country," the document on the State Duma website says.
The block of the bill, which refers to responsibility for organizing unauthorized rallies, directly refers to the recent mass actions against corruption on March 26, which were organized mainly through the Vkontakte social network. The reason for the protests was the lack of response from the authorities to the popular anti-corruption investigation of the Navalnov Anti-Corruption Foundation. In many regions, the politician's supporters organized street actions. The FBK investigation itself was distributed by Navalny through another social network - Youtube - and was a huge success: to date, the 50-minute film "He is not Dimon to you" has already been watched over 18 million times.
As an official response to the FBK investigation, the authorities put forward the allegation that “citizens were found for a certain amount” for protest actions. In the explanatory note to his bill, Milonov will add only one clarification to this. Appreciate the elegance: VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS find 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 “groups of death”?
“Groups of death” (the name is taken from Galina Mursaliyeva’s eponymous article in Novaya Gazeta), that is, closed communities for teenagers on VKontakte, whose members are forced to complete tasks with a suicidal bias, are directly mentioned in the bill. Milonov believes that the safety of children online today is not guaranteed by anything, social networks for children “turn into a drug”, teenagers are easy to manipulate.
“The administrators of the “groups of death” suppress the will of the child with their authority in front of him and draw him into a deadly game,” the document that ended up in the State Duma pompously asserts.
Under the pretext of protecting children from suicide instigators, over the past year, politicians and officials at various levels have repeatedly proposed limiting the freedom of information on the Runet. Listing and commenting on them separately does not make sense here. The priority tool for actually helping a teenager cope with suicidal thoughts remains timely and professional psychological consultation. This is what the VKontakte social network practices by building a mechanism for automatically blocking suicidal communities, making it possible to complain about a comment calling for suicide, and connecting psychologists to hotline, whose contacts pop up when the user mentions marked words and expressions.
Elsewhere, the explanatory note to Milonov's bill mentions a proposal to ban "destructive communities in social networks", which can be interpreted more broadly than suicidal publics, but no further explanation is given.
Trade is a "security threat". 18+!
Milonov believes that users under the age of 18 should not buy goods through social networks, as this also "threatens their security."
State employees are slaves of social networks. Deny!
The bill proposes to ban or seriously restrict state employees the rules for using social networks during working hours. Relevant clauses are proposed to be indicated in additional conditions to the employment contract.
Magicians and healers: ban!
"Special attention - reposts ..."
One of the few really important, but completely unwritten initiatives in the bill. Milonov, referring to the “Chudnovets case” as a resonant case, proposes to withdraw from punishment users who reposted (that is, indicated the source of the entry) if the distributed content is found to violate 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 about commenting rules, where users are instructed to perform current legislation, protect your passwords and do not distribute personal information about third parties on social networks.
The "bad influence" of social media?
The clause that social networks have a "pernicious influence" on teenagers 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 “dissoluteness of modern youth”.
Fraudsters have infiltrated the charity industry. Strictly control!
For charitable activities in social networks, Milonov proposes to establish “special requirements”, as scammers have learned to use a wide audience for their own purposes. 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 proposes will not burden the budget in any way.
Reaction of experts and stakeholders
Artem Kozlyuk
Roskomsvoboda project manager, lawyer
“Even against the backdrop of regressive draft laws 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 backdrop 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.
It contains a number of risks for both users and the Russian business community.
Many, reading the bill, focus on the fact that children will not be allowed into social networks. But for this, all users must provide their personal data. This is strange, because when interacting with each other offline, we do not present our passport data to a nearby police officer or the owner of a cafe in which we carry out our social interaction. And deputy Milonov for some reason believes that we are obliged to introduce ourselves at the entrance. Although the right to anonymity is already a digital human right, the UN says so. Each of us has the right to anonymize ourselves.
Farther. The bill obliges social networks to collect and store our data. That is, we face the risk of leaks of confidential information. This is despite the fact that we periodically see how massive leaks of such data occur, which then pop up either on the black markets or are published in the open. This applies to both government information systems and conventional services. And this will continue to happen, despite fines and such bills.
I cautiously and optimistically hope that this bill will either be frozen or transformed. Although, of course, it can be transformed into an even worse side by adding new terms.
- My point of view is probably close to the point of view of the State Duma. What happened now, it seems to me, is a thirst for PR. I don't really understand her. Maybe the low corporatism of Mr. Milonov is to blame. For example, when we introduced a bill on medicine, we first received the approval of the committee on medicine State Duma. I think this is important when you enter someone else's territory. Not in the sense that it is simply "foreign", but that the entire bill is superficial. It shows that the people who wrote it have absolutely no idea how social networks work.
If tomorrow we get a legal decision that networks cannot serve children under 14, then
we will face the fact that we will simply lose the audience immediately, which will be taken by foreign companies. 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 sounds crazy, because the feeling that people live in some kind of social past. If we enter passport data, we have a problem of storing personal data.
These people do not understand at all, but what will we do with the citizens of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus who live in our country and those who use social networks in Russian-speaking cities of their countries and provide general social connections between network users? What should we do, turn them off and kick them out?
I think it all looks crazy. And without answering these questions, it is irresponsible to introduce such a bill into the Duma.
With the participation of Yulia Mineeva and Konstantin Poleskov