I get an email in the morning:
- Oh, I think, what on earth is on my channel that could be harmful to children's health and development?
With some apprehension, I click the link.
And there it is — just as I expected:
For years now, by fair means or foul, they have been trying to block this 2011 video.
And now, apparently, children must be protected from a truthful listing of the promises made by the United Russia party in 2003. A true classic.
Indeed, the little ones might get terribly upset and even fall ill if they grasp the gulf between the promises of 2003 and the reality of 2017. They have called in children for backup.
Still, I am sure children will cope. I have no intention of deleting the video, and I am taking Roskomnadzor (Russia’s federal media and internet regulator) to court over its actions.
Under the law cited by this bunch of crooks, who receive public funds to censor the internet, it is forbidden to distribute information to children if it: - encourages children to commit suicide, - induces them to use drugs, - justifies violence, - denies family values, - justifies unlawful behavior; - contains obscene language, - contains pornography.
In order to determine that information is harmful to children, Roskomnadzor was supposed to conduct an expert review of the video. I do not know what exactly they conducted there, but I personally cannot find a single one of the above-listed features in my video.
In the beautiful Russia of the future, Roskomnadzor will be disbanded. All of its employees will be sent for re-forging (an ironic Soviet-style term for ideological “rehabilitation”): they will sweep the streets of Russian cities until internet users forgive them.