> ... the list of reasons for which the government will be allowed to shut down a site is now strictly defined ... (and) ... includes web pages which advocate suicide, substance abuse, excessively risky behavior, and child pornography. Isn't this pretty much the same as they have in Australia and France? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australi... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_cens…
- any information about drugs, methods of their use and places where they could be bought (i.e. if your travel guide would contain a sentence like something like "in Goa, marijuana is frequently sold in bars" - it can be blacklisted, same if you host a book that contains chemical formula of cocaine or Pulp Fiction movie that depicts drug usage).
- information about chemical substances used in manufacturing of illegal drugs (which include such substances as iodine, sulfuric acid, acetone, hydrochloric and acetic acids and many other basic chemical substances)
- information about methods of committing suicide
Unfortunately, most English translations lose the nuance of the original text, so here I give Russian wikipedia link with the summary of the changes: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%...
Unfortunately, the server of Russian legislative acts that contains the original text is down currently, but once it's back you'd be able to see it here: http://www.duma.gov.ru/systems/law/?number=89417-6&sort=...
The site can be banned without a court order, but can be unbanned only by court order. Given almost complete absence of independent judiciary in Russia and the widespread practice of expansive understanding of such laws by the security services, you can imagine how it's different from France.