Children under 10 will not be allowed on the Internet

Today in the city of Uryupinsk (Volgograd region) the All-Russian conference “Safe Runet Tomorrow” was held , at which the Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Igor Shchyogolev spoke. Among other things, he said that the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media is preparing a legislative restriction on Internet access from a certain age “by analogy with a driver's license”. By law, up to ten years old a child will not be able to go online without being accompanied by an adult.

The Minister believes that the World Wide Web contains a lot of threats to children. Security suggestions come from software developers. They are ready to make content filters, but no one in the world is able to develop a security system that will check the user's age before turning on the computer.

It is reported that 30 of the most popular Runet bloggers came to the conference in Uryupinsk. The minister asked them to follow the rules of everyday life on the Internet, in particular, not to use foul language in order to protect children from negative.