State Duma Deputy Yevgeny Fedorov sent a letter to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, in which he proposed registering children under 14 on social networks only with the permission of parents or other legal representatives. It is reported by RT on Friday, September 25.
“I ask you, together with the social networks represented in the Russian Federation, to consider the possibility of introducing a legal mechanism for verifying registered users, as well as registering children under the age of 14 only with the permission of their legal representatives,” the letter says.
Fedorov noted that at present, any child can, without any obstacles, create his own personal account on social networks, which are a tool for potential offenders to incite youth to commit illegal actions, including organizing unauthorized actions and mass street riots.
Due to their age, the deputy noted, children are easily influenced by various destructive ideas.
Earlier, on September 1, Izvestia wrote that the majority of parents in Russia use parental control in order to protect their children from inappropriate content, and not to control their hobbies.
According to the survey, the main threats to children on the Internet are considered by parents to be content related to violence and cruelty, communication with strangers and dangerous groups on social networks.