Russia’s lower house passed a bill Wednesday (23) that would allow regulatory authorities to block Internet platforms such as Facebook and YouTube if they find that they are censoring content posted by Russians.
The bill will be submitted to the upper house for consideration, and once passed by both chambers, it will be sent to President Vladimir Putin for signature.
According to the bill, which was passed by the lower house on third reading, the authorities have the right to deal with Internet platforms that restrict information based on nationality and language, and to punish any website that discriminates against Russian media content.
The bill notes that the authorities have received complaints from Russian media this year that their accounts have been “censored by foreign Internet platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube”. Earlier this year, the U.S. Internet giant introduced a tagging system to label the content posted by state-run media.
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