Another analogue of YouTube has appeared in Russia, this time it is an almost complete copy. The Platform’s video hosting will include both full videos and short videos in Shorts format. It will not work without moderation: videos with anti-Russian rhetoric will have limited access.
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Russian company Rteam has introduced the “Platform” service, an analogue of YouTube video hosting, TASS writes about this.
The “platform” is an almost complete copy of YouTube, including functionality, design elements and layout. You can upload long and short videos in up to 4K format to the video hosting site.
The Platform has a content moderation system. Videos with anti-Russian rhetoric and that violate Russian law will have limited access.
At the moment, there are at least two almost complete analogues of YouTube in Russia: Rutube and VK Video.
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