The State Duma proposed to ban video games with violence and LGBT people. “Paper”
The first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Education, Yana Lantratova, proposed several amendments to the second reading of the bills banning LGBT propaganda. Among them is a ban on video games that show LGBT relationships and acts of violence. About this with reference to the document informs TASS.
What games can be banned. Lantratova proposed to ban Dragon age, Life is strange, Fallout, Apex legends, RimWorld, Overwatch, Le crime du parking, The Sims 3, Assassin’s Creed and The Last of Us.
Why do they want to be banned? According to the official, “this will strengthen the protection of children from dangerous content, in particular teenagers who are fond of video and computer games in the 3D shooter genre, in which murders are as close to reality as possible.”
Amendments are proposed to be introduced into the laws on the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development, on information, information technologies and on the protection of information, as well as in the code of administrative offenses.
What you need to know. On October 27, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill banning “LGBT propaganda” (including in the media, books, the Internet, advertising and cinema). The bill on administrative responsibility for “propaganda” of LGBT people, pedophilia and “sex change” among persons of any age also passed the first reading. The fine under this article for individuals will be from 100 to 200 thousand rubles – and from 200 to 400 thousand for “propaganda” in the media and the Internet.
What else to read:
- Ministry of Education will take under full control the examination of textbooks for the presence of “LGBT propaganda” and the reliability of facts about the border of the Russian Federation.
- State Duma accepted anti-LGBT bills on first reading.