Patriarch Kirill: Internet Is Exam for Human Race, Can Protect Humanity or Cause Its Collapse

The Ria Novosti website reports today that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sees the Internet as an examination for the human race, as not only has the web become a laboratory forming an individual, but also constitutes a threat of destruction.

"Nowadays the Internet is a kind of laboratory where an individual should be formed and where a character should be sharpened," Patriarch Kirill said during his meeting with Moscow students.

"Just like a nuclear bomb, the Internet may lead the human race to collapse or protect it," Patriarch Kirill added.

In February 2010, Russian communication service providers agreed to protect Internet users from child pornography -- using all legal means -- as well as fighting against child pornography production, storage, and trafficking on the web.