Im not sure if this is good or bad.

Russian child filter is proposed to block feminism online
Published February 20, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.
FOREIGN. Russian politicians are considering including "radical feminist content" in the internet filter that will protect young people from harmful influences on the internet in the future.


Russian Senator Margarita Pavlova, who is behind the bill, tells RIA Novosti that politicians in the upper house of the Russian parliament are currently working to expand the list of banned content and that there is support for including both radical feminist content and content that promotes infertility in it. upcoming version of the list.

- We are working with Roskomnadzor (Russia's media and communications authority, FT's note) to expand the list of destructive content to be blocked, she says to RIA Novosti and also suggests a definition of what type of "feminist content" should be met. of the ban.

- That which pretends to combat violations of women's rights but which in fact reduces the value of the traditional family and of the role of women in the family - so-called radical feminism, she says.

- And when, under the guise of freedom, ideas are put forward that people should refuse to start a family - so-called voluntary childlessness.

The Russian social media platform VKontakte, with over 90 million users a month, may be part of the problem, according to Pavlova.

- I hear more and more complaints on our own social media network VKontakte. There you will also find this kind of destructive content and sometimes users, even when they have complaints, can not block certain information.

The new feminist ban is part of a larger legislative package against cyberbullying and harmful content aimed at young people in Russia, where violations and bullying on the internet have been a major problem for the country's youth.

- But I think this will be a turning point, because we already know what steps we need to take, Pavlova says to RIA Novosti.