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Inna Svyatenko: The influence of digital content on minors calls for tightening information reliability control

The parliamentary commission set up to investigate the Kiev regime’s criminal acts against minors has held its ninth meeting.


The co-chairs of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation of the Crimes Against Minors Committed by the Kiev Regime – Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Inna Svyatenko and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Anna Kuznetsova – have held a regular meeting of the commission. It began with a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.

Inna Svyatenko informed the participants about the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s message of condolences to the Russian people. “Delegates from 140 countries attended the 148th Assembly of the IPU. The Forum of Women Parliamentarians began with a moment of silence for the victims of the tragedy in the Moscow Region,” she said. Women parliamentarians highlighted the importance of concerted efforts against terrorism and international cooperation to counter the terrorist threat.

The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council also reported on a meeting between the Russian delegation and members of the IPU Task Force for Ukraine, during which Russian delegates briefed their colleagues on the operation of the parliamentary commission and the established facts of crimes committed by the Kiev regime against minors.

Inna Svyatenko noted that the Kiev regime did not stop its criminal activities, with numerous attempts taken in the social media and messengers to offer money to teenagers for carrying out terrorist attacks.

The senator proposed drafting a law on requirements for those who produce and circulate socially significant content, in particular in education and healthcare. “This is especially important for information designed for minors. In particular, producers should be held personally responsible for content quality and reliability,” she said.

According to Inna Svyatenko, all educational and medical content should be marked so that citizens have no doubt about the producers’ professional standards.

The Deputy Speaker pointed out that the State Duma has established a task force for improving legislation on the information business and blogosphere, which will draft relevant decisions. “The current legislation does not stipulate practical measures aimed at regulating the information business, which leads to the circulation of low-quality content that can damage consumers.”

At the same time, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, and the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) are coordinating a bill to expand the technological capability to block illegal content, Inna Svyatenko said.

Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Anna Kuznetsova spoke about the growing intensity of shelling attacks by the Kiev regime. She urged the commission’s task forces to create the algorithms for promptly informing the international community about the Ukrainian army using weapons prohibited by the Geneva convention.

Anna Kuznetsova added that the Kiev regime was providing a platform for training terrorists and subversives and was ultimately catalysing international terrorism.

The State Duma Deputy Speaker emphasised the need to support families with children in the border regions, including to organise recreation and psychological assistance for minors.

Oleg Manuilo, Head of the Directorate of Civil Defence and Population Protection at the Emergencies Ministry, reported on operations to rescue civilians, including underage children, in the special military operation zone and adjacent territories and to clear up the consequences of large-scale attacks by the Kiev regime targeting social infrastructure.

Adviser on Children’s Rights to the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Eleonora Fedorenko addressed the meeting too.

During a conversation with journalists following the meeting, Inna Svyatenko spoke about taking emergency measures to combat destructive online content. “The joint efforts by Roskomnadzor and the Ministry of Digital Development must be complemented with amendments to legislation to prevent the circulation of content inciting terrorism in the social and other media,” the Deputy Speaker noted.

She also mentioned the Federation Council’s cooperation with the regional authorities and public organisations with experience of combating such content. “This consolidated work will help develop proactive measures to protect minors, including at educational establishments,” Inna Svyatenko concluded.