"Russia 24", Nazarbayev called the Internet a place where some people impose various ideas with the aim of influencing the domestic policies of states. These same individuals write comments on behalf of those dissatisfied with the state's policy: Nazarbayev considers the authors of such posts "artificially created." The head of Kazakhstan generally did not appreciate the ability of pluralism in the network. "Hell knows. Anyone can write anything. You do not know who did this, the author will not be told there. This business is useless", Nazarbayev noted. As a result, the president came to a rather controversial conclusion: "We must strengthen our internal Internet content so that we can be able to respond to any such trivial attacks." Fighting pornography The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan forbids the display and distribution of any pornography. This includes pornography found on the Internet and as a result, many related sites have been blocked. Sites that have been blocked include Pornhub, erotic videos and communities on VKontakte, and the magazine Maxim. Usage of image deemed pornographic in advertisements or sales promotions is considered to be a criminal offense. Internet sites Some video sharing and social networks are not available in Kazakhstan. The blog platform LiveJournal was blocked for in the republic from 2008 until 2015 due to statements by the politician Rakhat Aliyev. The websites Avaaz.org and Change.org were also blocked due to petitions that demanded the impeachment of president Nursultan Nazarbaayev in 2014 and 2016, respectively. The online-newspaper Meduza was blocked after posting an article entitled “The Ust-Kamenogorsk People’s Republic: Are the Russians Waiting for ‘Polite People’ in Kazakhstan?”. This was classified as propaganda to incite ethnic discord and violate the country’s territorial integrity. National security certificate To increase control over the actions of the citizens, the government amended the law on "Communications", which states that for each device that has access to the Internet it is necessary to establish the appropriate certificate on a mandatory basis, starting January 1, 2016. The mandatory certificate allows the government to censor, block the websites and edit, hence, the use is not able to if the content of the site is real. The government explained that the law is necessary to protect the personal information of citizens, but in reality, it allows the country's special services to fully identify all the subscriber's Internet traffic and, accordingly, to have all access to its network