BASED. TAKE THAT FASCISTS. LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE WILL NEVER SURRENDER.

Oof. Then the old law was insane and this is a much greater correction than I thought.

I think some people are getting confused and are thinking it’s about signing a consent form (if I understand correctly from the comments), but actually prosecutors would still have to prove that consent did not happen. Sex without consent was already sexual assault under the previous law so what will change is the crime one can be charged with for a certain act and (presumably) the maximum sentence.

How does this law change the burden of proof?

Common sense. Don’t know why that’s not the law already everywhere but better late than never.

Time for mass protests against this bill.

Everyone with a libido goons. Grow up.

Rare corporate W.

Edit: I take that back. Apparently, they want device level verification

So you can’t play board games? That’s not work of some kind.

These authoritarian laws are such a boon for VPN companies.

Of course, fascism does not solve the contradictions of capitalism and so does not make Russia’s economy any less screwed.

Of course, the bourgeois who control social media want fascism.

Our political class are such a fucking joke.