RKN proposed to limit the time on the Internet for children under the age of 14 and require the social networks to identify them as 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or concerns the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". Roskomandzor sent a bill to the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, proposing to oblige social networks to identify minor users, Vedomosti reports. The RKN also proposed to limit the time spent on the Internet for children under 14 years of age. The service representative believes that this can limit the access of minors to "forbidden content". In June, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksot Shadev, said that the authorities are looking into the idea of ​​introducing age recognition on online platforms. He cited Europe and developed countries as an example, saying they were already moving "on a path of severe restrictions." A number of countries have indeed already restricted access to social networks for children. For example, in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, teenagers are prohibited from using social networks until the age of 16, in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Up to the age of 15, in Italy. up to the age of 14. Children spend an average of 88 minutes a day on social networks, the "Where are my children" service calculates. 13-year-old children are especially addicted: they spend about 100 minutes a day, experts say.

RKN proposed to limit the time on the Internet for children under the age of 14 and require the social networks to identify them as 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or concerns the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". Roskomandzor sent a bill to the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, proposing to oblige social networks to identify minor users, Vedomosti reports. The RKN also proposed to limit the time spent on the Internet for children under 14 years of age. The service representative believes that this can limit the access of minors to "forbidden content". In June, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksot Shadev, said that the authorities are looking into the idea of ​​introducing age recognition on online platforms. He cited Europe and developed countries as an example, saying they were already moving "on a path of severe restrictions." A number of countries have indeed already restricted access to social networks for children. For example, in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, teenagers are prohibited from using social networks until the age of 16, in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Up to the age of 15, in Italy. up to the age of 14. Children spend an average of 88 minutes a day on social networks, the "Where are my children" service calculates. 13-year-old children are especially addicted: they spend about 100 minutes a day, experts say.