Mobile operators and government agencies may be asked to monitor suspicious activity using children's SIM cards and report it to parents, Artem Sheikin, vice president of the Federal Council's digital economy development council, said in an interview with .
The senator noted that current specific mechanisms for tracking the number of children are not specified in the bill. At the same time, the document contains such logic. The child's parents can be automatically notified about unusual calls or suspicious transactions using the child's number.
“Now these decisions are at the stage of technical development and could be further consolidated at the regulatory level or by further changes in the law,” the Federation Council member concluded.
This week, the State Duma adopted in its first reading a package of measures aimed at combating online and telephone fraud. Among the 20 initiatives are the introduction of a mechanism for uniform registration of IMEI numbers for all mobile devices, children's SIM cards, limiting the number of bank cards and blocking calls from foreign numbers.
Previously in Russia, they wanted to introduce built-in parental control on smartphones.
