Russia may make users personally responsible for spreading fake news on internet — RT Russian Politics News

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Russian MPs have prepared a bill that could allow state agencies to block messengers and social networks that refuse to delete fake news. The legislation would also make users personally responsible for spreading such material. The draft bill, prepared by lawmakers from the United Russia party and published on the government’s website for discussion, imposes obligations on social networks and communications sites that attract over 100,000 users a day. These would be required to delete or otherwise prevent public access to data that “openly propagates war, incites ethnic, racial or religious strife or any other information that is forbidden for distribution by the law.”

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https://www.rt.com/politics/423681-russia-personal-responsibility-fake/

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04/24/2018, 13:46

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04/24/2018, 09:46