St. Petersburg, January 18, 2022
YouTube screenshot of the banned video
In accordance with a recent decision from a St. Petersburg court, a blasphemous Marylin Manson YouTube video has been blocked in Russia.
The video, which features a montage of photos of the shock rock singer tearing up the Bible, violates articles from the Russian criminal code on the right to freedom of conscience and confession and on incitement of hatred or enmity, the court ruled.
The case was initiated by the Procurator of the Admiralty District of St. Petersburg.
“Providing access to information about the deliberate public desecration of religious literature and symbols offends the feelings of believers, using information and telecommunication services of networks is in fact informational complicity aimed at inciting hatred or enmity on the grounds of attitude to religion, and the violation of the constitutional rights of citizens,” the court said.
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