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The Ministry of Digital Development believes that introducing requirements for identifying channel owners in messengers with an audience of more than 10 thousand users will increase transparency in social networks, the head of the ministry, Maksut Shadayev, said in the State Duma.
"As for the channels, the formula that is proposed is, in my opinion, very organic. Channels register at their own discretion, but those channels that do not register no longer receive advertising, donations, or the ability to repost," he said.
"In terms of the scope of influence, the channels are, of course, comparable to individual media outlets," the minister continued. "Giving them a media license seems like too much to us, but there should be some openness from the owners in this sense, because the influence they exert is colossal. That is why we are conducting a campaign to increase transparency here."
He noted that in exchange for this transparency, the owners will be able to receive money from Russian advertisers.
"If it ( the channel - IF ) is illegal, then it seems strange to us that Russian companies have the right to place advertisements there. It ( such a channel - IF ) is not transparent, it is not ready to publish the owner. Why, under such conditions, Russian companies should have the opportunity to place advertisements there, is not entirely clear to us," the head of the Ministry of Digital Development said.
Shadayev noted that the issue concerns a ban on Russian advertisers placing advertisements on such channels.
As reported, a number of requirements for owners of channels in messengers with an audience of more than 10 thousand users are proposed to be introduced into the bill No. 647048-8, initially aimed at combating "gray" SIM cards, by the second reading. They are proposed to be obliged to submit information about themselves to Roskomnadzor in the manner and composition established by the government. They will also be obliged not to distribute prohibited information. After that, they will be marked in the manner established by the government.
For channels not registered in the RKN list of "10 thousand+", the following prohibitions are established: on the placement of advertisements by Russian advertisers; on the reposting of their messages by other channels; on the dissemination of information about possible methods of financing the channel and its owner.
Also, by default, receiving calls and messages from unknown numbers in messengers will be prohibited.
