Deputy Calls for Passport-Based Internet Verification
The State Duma called for identifying all internet users by passport. Deputy of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Andrey Svinitsky proposed abandoning user anonymity on the internet and identifying account owners.
Consensus
- Andrey Svinцов, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, called for eliminating anonymous internet use.
- Svinцов stated that 95% of internet accounts are fake and used to spread prohibited content.
- He claimed that current content moderation is ineffective due to the lack of clear, unified criteria for distinguishing legal from illegal content.
- Svinцов compared online anonymity to living without official documents in real life, arguing that such a system enables criminal activity.
- He advocated for a fully verified internet, not only in Russia but globally, to eliminate the 'gray zone' of online anonymity.
- The idea of verifying users via passport was presented as a solution to reduce illegal content and improve enforcement.
Points of divergence
- Parliament of France passed a law banning children under 15 from creating social media accounts without parental consent, and Svinцов's colleague Mikhail Delyagin suggested Russia should set the age limit at 14. — vm
- Svinцов previously proposed a federal law titled 'on honest, clean, and legal internet' requiring online platforms to verify all users. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
Coverage (3 sources)
- Deputy Svinets calls for introducing internet by passport for citizens' security — Вечерняя Москва
- In the State Duma, they called to identify all internet users by passport — The Moscow Times
- State Duma deputy calls for abandoning anonymous internet — Фонтанка