Belarus does not plan to close the YouTube video hosting service.
This was stated on September 12 by the Minister of Information Marat Markov, answering questions from the media at the presentation of the multimedia portal VIDEOBEL.BY.
The statement by the head of the Ministry of Defense is quoted by BELTA .
What Markov said about YouTube
The minister stated that there is no need to close any sites.
Today, the task is not to close anything ourselves, Markov said.
He noted that the VIDEOBEL.BY portal was not created to replace anything, but in case Belarus’s tools of information influence are “cut off”.
The head of the Ministry of Information also noted that Belarusian media dominate the Belarusian information space, and the popularity of state channels and state media has grown almost 1.5 times over the past 2 years, according to social research.
This shows that they trust us, the minister stated.
