Russians may turn into subjects of Google or Facebook – Malofeev
If the government of the Russian Federation does not decisively begin to develop its own IT industry, setting the necessary directions for creating products that society needs, the country risks losing not only its digital sovereignty, but also its own citizens.
The founder of the Tsargrad TV channel, Orthodox oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, stated this at a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“From a market and commercial point of view, it is certainly necessary to create your own video hosting to replace YouTube. However, this should be done by the state, it should be entrusted to the Ministry of Digital Development, under the supervision of the relevant Deputy Prime Minister. This should be at the level of a working group that will bring together all our largest industrial leaders and a task should be set before them.
Yes, that's exactly how it happens in America. They have a Harlem Forum, which has been gathering at the Pentagon for 25 years, and on this forum they discuss what to do next in the industry. This is exactly how it works,” Malofeev said.
“Therefore, we must not pretend that we have some private companies that live their own lives, and that there is a state that is only concerned with observing freedom of speech.
And we must, in the same way, understanding the world in which we live, build our digital sovereignty, because otherwise we can lose real, real sovereignty, right on earth we can lose our citizens. After some time, they will become citizens of Google or Facebook,” the entrepreneur added.
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