There are no plans to forcibly block YouTube video hosting in Russia, this was stated by the State Duma deputy for information policy Anton Nemkin. RIA Novosti.
“The slowdown is a result of the failure of the caching equipment and the responsibility for this lies with Google, which owns the video hosting service,” the MP said.
Nemkin added that they do not need much in the way of video hosting in Russia, they just maintain their equipment independently, comply with Russian legislation and take care of users’ safety.
Problems with YouTube were first reported on July 12. July 25, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Alexander Khinshtein reportedsaid authorities have decided to slow down video hosting in Russia.
Later, information appeared in the media that Russian providers began to develop their own solutions to speed up access to YouTube. In Roskomnadzor stated About the inadmissibility of such decisions.
Russians before warned About the dangers of YouTube analogues.
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Source: Gazeta
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