The Children's Rights Commissioner of Tatarstan proposed banning social media for children.

A letter with such a request Irina Volynets She sent the proposal to the State Duma Committee on Family Protection. She proposes banning children under 14 from registering on social media, and allowing children between 14 and 18 to do so only with parental consent. Volynets does not specify how this would be implemented.

She justified the need for the law by "protecting children from criminal influences and attacks." Children's Ombudsman offered introduce the ban earlier, at least starting in 2021. At that time, regional parliament members did not support it.

Opinions of Volynets subscribers dividedSome support it ("Social media is dangerous for children's mental health"), while others criticize it ("Ban rain and snow; even a rainbow in the sky today could be promoting something. Reason has been lost, darkness is setting in!"). And someone, perhaps a child offended by the initiative, left about 200 comments with the sticker "Clap your face, you entryway bollard."

Volynets regularly comes up with ideas to ban something, and also distributes fakes about the scary West. She proposed banning the series "The Word of a Boy," abortions in private clinics, vegetarianism and raw foodism for children, accused animal shelters of childfree propagandaJournalists from Tatarstan counted Of her more than 30 initiatives, almost none have come to fruition. But Irina isn't despairing.