Putin called for the minimization of the state role in filtering information
Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin believes that the creative community should take action to filter television and Internet content, and the influence of the state in this matter should be minimized. He told this at a meeting with participants of the youth forum “Tavrida”, reports TASS. “If the (creative) community will develop a system of moral and ethical filters, it would be right below if not eliminate, then minimize, but it is better to exclude the influence of this process on the part of the state,” Putin replied to the suggestion of the forum member to enter a filter for the information content that would help to get rid of the dominance of aggression and crime in the media. The President proposed to work together to think about such mechanisms and added that is in contact with the heads of Russian television channels, which, as acknowledged by