The Association for the Promotion of Financial Literacy (ARFG) is considering approaching the Telegram administration with a proposal to establish an official registry of public channels on the platform. This information comes from Izvestia, citing ARFG General Director Veniamin Kaganov.
Kaganov indicated that the idea of creating an official Telegram registry for content creators arose from the bloggers themselves. He noted that many online personalities face a persistent risk from scammers who clone popular channels and profit from the copied content.
He described a double form of theft: first, copyright violations occur when unauthorized copies of original posts and media appear in cloned channels, and second, these impostors push readers toward paid courses. The ARFG expert manager explained that the counterfeiters often swap legitimate payment details with their own routing information, siphoning funds from unsuspecting followers.
According to Kaganov, formal registration of bloggers could curb this threat by providing verifiable author data and a transparent record of content ownership. ARFG intends to pursue discussions with Telegram leadership about implementing such a registry in the near term.
The proposed system would require authors to voluntarily share identifying information, while the registration mechanism would continuously monitor and log the publishing priority of original materials across channels. A digital fingerprint on graphic material could enable automated detection of duplicates, allowing the service to flag and suspend infringing channels promptly. This approach would help protect creators and their audiences from deceptive clones and unauthorized monetization.
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