Russian protesters waved this banner in December 2011 in an outcry over Vladimir Putin and Russia's presidential elections. Would similar actions online be proscribed under the proposed blacklist legislation?
(Credit: CBS News video/Screenshot by CNET's Jonathan Skillings)
The United States had SOPA, and Britain has the Digital Economy Act. China is -- well, in a league of its own.
Russia is next on the list of developed nations pushing for widespread Web site blocking and censorship capabilities in the wake of an online uprising prior to the inauguration of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Thousands of protesters took to the streets, set up blogs, and disseminated demands for a fresh ballot over social networks following claims of a rigged votes and electoral corruption in the recent presidential elections.
Under the draft bill, all Web sites that contain pornography or drug references, or that promote suicide or other "extremist ideas," will face blacklisting, Russian legislators said yesterday, according to news agency Ria Novosti.
In a rare show of cross-party support, all four political factions in the state parliament have contributed to the draft bill that would amend existing laws to solidify the blacklist into law.
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