After Introducing An All-In-One Digital ID Surveillance State App, Russia Now Plans To Implement Internet Age Verification – ‘Everything We Do On The Internet Will Be De-Anonymized’

Russia is becoming the latest country poised to implement digital ID verification checkpoints to access internet content, similar to what the United Kingdom implemented this year, under the pretext of protecting minors from harmful and pornographic content.

In July, the U.K. implemented its controversial Online Safety Act that forces users to upload and confirm their registered identity or provide biometrics to confirm their authenticity to access the majority of content and websites. Not long thereafter, Prime Minister Keir Starmer mandated “Britcard” to purportedly crackdown on illegal immigration and labor.

Russia is doing something similar. In August, The WinePress reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that would penalize and criminalize those who simply search online for content the government deems “extremist,” while also targeting VPN users.