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A new law in Russia could mean the end for emo. Russian government are trying to formulate legislation to regulate emo websites and ban emo and goth dress style in schools and government buildings. The new laws are apparently being driven by fears that “emo” encourages depression and suicide, where critics also claimed that the “negative” emo culture encourages anti-social behavior.

Emo kids were described as teenagers who wear black, have facial piercings and black hair with fringes that “cover half the face”

In Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where laws are already being implemented, protestors in a march held signs saying “A Totalitarian State Encourages Stupidity”.

The weekend saw mass protests by Russian emo kids.

Dmitry Gilevich of Russian emo band MAIO stepped in backing the protests, saying: “Expressing psychological emotions is not forbidden by law.”

[via perez hilton]