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If you're living in Russia and like to take to chat rooms or social media to insult or ridicule President Putin, you just might be facing some kind of punishment! Laws have been passed against both Fake News and the insulting of the Russian President!
The legislation will establish punishments for spreading information that “exhibits blatant disrespect for the society, government, official government symbols, constitution or governmental bodies of Russia.”
These bills come not long after talk of the government being in control of their internet. Rferl reports the following:
The presidential council, whose advice is often ignored by Putin, cited the European Convention on Human Rights and said that freedom of expression cannot be restricted exclusively due to doubts about whether what is being expressed is true.
The new law empowers the prosecutor-general and his deputies to determine what constitutes fake news without a court decision, after which the state media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor would block the site or account.
The law sets fines for publishing "fake news" at up to 100,000 rubles ($1,525) for individuals, 200,000 rubles for public officials, and 500,000 rubles for companies.
What do you think about these new bills, and do you think the rest of the world might follow this trend? Leave your thoughts below!
- This article was written by @cifer44
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I always thought him a cool character... no ridicule here ;)
Same here~