Habibi: The current practice of platforms is based on the economy of attention and competition for more visibility

Mohammad Mahdi Habibi, the CEO of the Clean Virtual Space Association (FAMP), in a conversation with the art and media reporter of Fars News Agency, said regarding the regulation of immersive audio and video in the country: in the recent period, there has been a proper division of labor between Satra and the Ministry of Guidance, as well as the Ministry of Industry. Mining and trade, i.e. the e-commerce center, has taken place in the exclusive domain of the symbol compared to previous periods, but wherever the activities of the home television network are carried out in the form of immersive audio and video, it is the responsibility of Satra and the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Ministry Silence with the organization for the regulation of sound and image regulation in the virtual space is commendable; Now, if a parliament member or any person, instead of encouraging the executive branch to comply with the law, questions the Ministry of Guidance and the Ministry of Privacy for cooperating with Satra, such behavior is against the general policies of the system.

Habibi continued: The issue that has caused problems in recent days is the lack of attention and compliance with the frameworks and the non-adherence of some platforms to the laws and regulations in the country’s comprehensive audio and video field. It seems that some platforms are not interested in acting on legal issues, and the root of many recent issues and margins can be traced to this issue.

* People’s Islamic cultural concerns should be respected

The CEO of the non-governmental organization Pak Cyberspace added: “Following the law sometimes has a cultural aspect and sometimes an economic one.” In the economic aspect, no one denies that the stronger the private sector is present in the country, the more it will benefit the country. However, in the discussion of cultural issues, there are sometimes omissions that are not even economical, but are challenging. On the other hand, we must accept that Islamic culture is important for people and officials and these concerns must be respected.

* There should be a review in the discussion of the content economy

Regarding the existing conflict between VODs and regulatory bodies, Habibi said: In the meantime, one side of the issue is VODs, whose goal is to gain financial flexibility, and the other side is the government, which has cultural and religious concerns according to people’s demands. It seems that the discussion of content economy should be reviewed and new models of content production and the way of financial income that is supposed to reach the platforms should be designed in line with public culture and people’s concerns. Since it is based on the economy of attention and competition for more visibility, the current practice and way of behavior of the platforms does not lead to a result other than the conflict between economic interests and cultural issues.

* Interventions by regulators to break the monopolies of platforms

Regarding the monopoly of multiple platforms on the entire economic cycle of the country’s home television network, he said: the nature of Sana’a IT is such that different people engage with only one platform or platform and receive their daily life and content, and due to the network space that As a result, it is not possible to compete with a new platform. This concern can be solved only if the regulators intervene properly to break the monopoly. At the world level, various solutions are applied to break their monopoly according to the platforms.

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