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Deputy Chairman of the State Duma IT Committee Anton Gorelkin wrote in a Telegram channel that it is better for Russian digital platforms to compete with foreigners together. "Soon, an association of Russian platforms will appear, which will include all significant participants in the domestic market. Its main task will be to develop unified industry benchmarks, which do not currently exist. It is also planned to conduct joint educational campaigns on digital literacy and a comfortable transition to domestic platforms. A separate issue will be support for content makers: monetization and work with advertising placements."

of the industry: "Russian canada whatsapp number databa se digital platforms should have consolidated even earlier: as soon as it became clear that foreign platforms had become a weapon in the information war against Russia. I am confident that joint efforts will be much more effective in caring for the safety of our Internet users and a comfortable online environment."

Anton Gorelkin told a ComNews correspondent that the timing of the creation of the association of Russian platforms depends on the participants of the future association: how quickly they will be able to agree on the statutory documents. "According to my information, this process is going actively. Unfortunately, there are not many platforms with user content in our country, but, as far as I know, all the largest domestic platforms are planning to join the future association, which intend to cover the need of the Russian audience to replace all the largest global social networks: Instagram*, YouTube, Facebook*, LinkedIn*," said Anton Gorelkin.

Representatives of the press services of platforms such as VK, Odnoklassniki and Yandex did not answer questions from a ComNews correspondent.

A representative of the press service of the user video platform Nuum (PJSC Mobile TeleSystems) believes that the creation of an association of user content platforms is an important step for the development of the industry: "Such a union will allow us to gather the intellectual and financial resources of major players in order to develop a strategy for the entire sector, develop common technological solutions for traffic management, and create a unified system of metrics. This will help coordinate the interests of users, advertisers, and operators."

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