On February 1, amendments to the law “On information, information technology and on the protection of information” came into force in Russia, which oblige social networks to remove prohibited content, including obscene language.
Analytical company “Medialogia” noted a surge in the use of obscene language in social networks just after the entry into force of these amendments.
According to the cited statistics, on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Russian users published 646.1 thousand notes with obscene language on February 1 and 2. For comparison, the results are given on February 3 and 4, 2020 – only 426.5 thousand publications with obscene expressions. Such a spread in dates was made intentionally for a more correct comparison – on weekends, user activity is traditionally higher.
Of course, one cannot ignore the fact that other social reasons could also have influenced the splash of obscenities on social networks. Medialogia itself admits that if a year ago users discussed the news about the coronavirus in Russia, the collapsed roof and civil servants in furs, then this year the main topics were the detention of Alexei Navalny and the subsequent unauthorized rallies.
At the same time, Roskomnadzor admits that it will not be possible to implement the law in practice until March.
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