Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded to protect children from harmful information on the Internet. He believes that this is a very urgent problem that the whole world is solving now. According to the president, there are people who, for their own profit, drive minors to suicide.
“As for information resources, I believe that our schools should use state information resources. This does not mean at all that we should reduce the space of freedom to a minimum. Not at all,” the Russian leader clarified.
Putin reminded that personal data of users are collected by all information resources, “so we should take care to ensure the safety of children and citizens in the online space”.
“And here, of course, only the state can be asked for their rational use and for ensuring the safety of people. Therefore, information resources in schools should be state-owned,” the president explained.
“We know, unfortunately, that all sorts of shameless people who do not think about anything but profit use the Internet to make a profit to the maximum. And, sorry for the bad manners, they didn't care about the fate of people and children. Therefore, this is where children are driven to suicide, here is child pornography,” Putin explained.
He also positively assessed the initiative of domestic Internet companies to create their own public organization to ensure the information hygiene of minors. “We will continue to support and help this,” the president concluded.
On September 1, Putin said that the state and society should join efforts to create a safe online space for children. He expressed hope that global digital platforms will be involved in ensuring the safety of children online.
