YouTube has not yet been blocked in Russia, as it is a technologically difficult task to implement. How about this? he is writing Anton Gorelkin, deputy chairman of the State Duma Information Policy Committee, said at the TASS forum “Dialogue on Forgeries”.
Gorelkin said that before YouTube is blocked in the Russian Federation, at least a worthy alternative should appear in the country. In his opinion, those who say that American video hosting should be blocked now do not understand the nuances of the problem.
“I would love to be at the forefront of this issue and shout about it, but it is technologically very difficult to implement this today. That’s why YouTube is still not blocked,” Gorelkin said.
Also from the words of the deputy it becomes clear that in the context of blocking Instagram (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist in Russia and was banned) and YouTube are different things. First of all, there was a reason why Instagram limited its work. Second, after taking action against Instagram, “social impacts were minimal.”
Gorelkin added that in order for YouTube to be blocked in the Russian Federation, a better alternative than the American service must be offered.
“We must offer better conditions to bloggers, we must stop advertising. “Of course, this probably doesn’t seem very economically efficient, but it needs to be done,” he said.
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