On the bill number 89417-6

For civil society, both the need to combat child pornography and illegal content in general are obvious, as well as the maintenance of constitutional principles such as freedom of speech and access to information.

The State Duma is considering Bill No. 89417-6 “On Amendments to the Federal Law“ On Protecting Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development ”and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the issue of restricting access to illegal information on the Internet.”

Among other things, this draft law proposes amendments to the law “On Information, Information Technologies and on Protection of Information”. They concern very important issues and affect the interests of many parties: citizens, the state, the Internet industry. Such decisions should not be made hastily, as is happening now.
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The proposed methods give rise to possible abuses and raise numerous questions from users and representatives of Internet companies.

We believe that it is necessary to maintain a balance of public interests, as well as take into account the technological features of the Internet. Therefore, it is necessary to postpone consideration of the bill and discuss it on open sites with the participation of representatives of the Internet industry and technical specialists.

Elena Kolmanovskaya, Yandex chief editor

(the company in which parents work more than a thousand children)