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Steam can be blocked because of the new Russian bill-Kommersant …
⚡️Steam can be blocked due to the new Russian bill – “Kommersant”
In the State Duma, the deputies decided that users of video games need to be identified and oblige publishers to identify players using a mobile number or Through the portal “State Services”.
It is proposed to inform gamers that The game contains “swearing words”, images or descriptions of cruelty and violence, Alcohol or smoking, its individual elements can cause “fear, horror or panic”, etc.
You will also have to conduct an examination of the video game, according to the results of which it will be determined, Are there any information prohibited in the Russian Federation in the product.
Distributors of the video game themselves, when authorizing users, will have to identify them using subscriber number, portal “State Services” or a single biometric system.
The source of Kommersant reports that if the bill is adopted, foreign digital distributors will not meet the requirements:
In the State Duma, the deputies decided that users of video games need to be identified and oblige publishers to identify players using a mobile number or Through the portal “State Services”.
It is proposed to inform gamers that The game contains “swearing words”, images or descriptions of cruelty and violence, Alcohol or smoking, its individual elements can cause “fear, horror or panic”, etc.
You will also have to conduct an examination of the video game, according to the results of which it will be determined, Are there any information prohibited in the Russian Federation in the product.
Distributors of the video game themselves, when authorizing users, will have to identify them using subscriber number, portal “State Services” or a single biometric system.
The source of Kommersant reports that if the bill is adopted, foreign digital distributors will not meet the requirements:
It is unlikely that they (Steam and GOG) will fulfill the requirement of the law, which, in turn, can serve as an excuse for their blocking.
According to Kommersant with reference to sources in the video game market, The bill will be submitted to the State Duma in the near future.
