A proposal to introduce internet access with a passport has been proposed in Russia.
The Russian Public Chamber explained that introducing identification via a passport, driver's license, or bank details is necessary to protect children and teenagers from 18+ content.
"What can be done to counter this, to improve the situation and balance the psychological state of still immature minds, is to determine that content marked 18+ can only be accessed by Russian users after identification," says a member of the commission for public review of draft laws. Evgeny Masharov.
Masharov explains that a significant portion of minors now have unlimited access to videos from bloggers featuring obscene language, scenes of violence, and propaganda promoting antisocial behavior. This, he believes, is creating distorted behavior patterns in young people and disrupting their cultural values.
"Cheburnet with ration cards is real," "A new Nepal is about to begin," "And then they'll write that hackers have 4 billion pieces of data. Thanks, they're trained on MAX," "It's not up to bureaucrats to determine moral and cultural guidelines," — social media users comment.
At the same time, the authorities are not only in no hurry to protect "immature minds" from military propaganda, but are even beginning to expose children to it from a very early age. For example, preschoolers are regularly shown weapons from the "SVO zone" and taught how to disassemble a Kalashnikov assault rifle.