The vice president of the State Duma Boris Chernyshov (LDPR) resorted to the Ministry of Culture with a request to clarify whether it is possible to unlock prohibited social networks in Russia if they sell more than 50% of their business to Russian investors. The appeal is addressed to the head of the Ministry of Maksuta Shadaev, Ria Novosti became familiar with the text.
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“Can the acquisition of a great participation (50% or more) in Russia blocked in Russia, accompanied by a change in its internal policy in relation to Russia, become the basis to review the state of this platform and exclude it from the list forbidden in our country? – The document says.
The vice president of the State Duma said that some countries have already taken such measures. Therefore, national control over digital services is a key tool to guarantee sovereignty in the information sphere, Chernyshov added.
With such proposal, the deputy made a possible prohibition of the social network of Tiktok in the United States. The elected president of the country, Donald Trump, previously proposed an agreement in which the United States government will buy a 50% participation in American business Tiktok in exchange for the possibility of continuing the application. Later, Trump said he supported the sale of Tiktok through the purchase of a social network mask Ilon Mask or the co -founder of Oracle Larry Ellison.
In December, Roskomnadzor limited access to Viber Messenger due to the violation of the requirements of Russian legislation. Shortly after, the state’s Duma said there is a high probability of blocking and WhatsApp. Now in Russia it is also limited to access to the goal sotseta that belongs to the finish lines* Facebook and Instagram, the work of the YouTube video accommodation is slow.
*Meta is recognized in Russia as an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited.
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