LiveJournal originated from Brad Fitzpatrick’s creation of a personal journaling application that he initially developed for his own use.

This application evolved into a fully public social website by 1999, enabling a wider audience to share personal writings and interact with each other.

The design integrated both blogging and social networking elements that distinguished LiveJournal from purely personal or static blogging platforms existing at the time.

Inspired by earlier community-driven digital spaces like the WELL, LiveJournal focused on fostering interactive, ongoing social connections, especially among school-aged users and niche interest groups.

This combination appealed to users seeking to share diary-like posts with a controlled but engaged audience, blending self-expression with social interaction .

LiveJournal’s uniqueness lay in its robust social features intertwined with blogging.

It allowed users to create friend lists to curate whose posts appeared in their personal feeds, thus emphasizing social networks rather than random blog browsing.

Additionally, the platform supported “communities,” collective blogs where multiple users contributed on shared interests or identities, facilitating dynamic group discussions and events.

Privacy controls were pivotal in LiveJournal’s design; users could restrict journal visibility to friends, specific communities, or the public, establishing boundaries rarely seen in contemporaries like Blogger, which defaulted towards full public access, or MySpace, which emphasized open but less private customization.

The inclusion of threaded comment systems further enhanced dialogue, promoting rich, multi-user conversations distinct from the often one-way communication of other platforms at the time .

LiveJournal experienced remarkable growth in the early 2000s.

By early 2005, it boasted over 2.5 million active accounts, with an overall user base reportedly near 25 million.

This period marked major development milestones, including adoption by international users, broadening its influence beyond the initial American school and college demographic.

In 2005, the platform was sold to News Corp, highlighting LiveJournal’s commercial success and strategic value.

However, the competitive landscape became increasingly challenging with Facebook’s launch in 2004 and MySpace’s rise, both of which eventually eclipsed LiveJournal by offering more expansive social networking features, friend discovery, and multimedia sharing capabilities.

Consequently, by the late 2000s, LiveJournal's English-speaking user base dwindled as larger platforms consolidated the market .

Nevertheless, LiveJournal retained significant cultural importance during its peak.

It became a central hub for various fandoms and online subcultures, where users shared fan fiction, artwork, and participated in thematic discussions related to television series, literature, music, and more.

This early cultivation of niche communities contributed to shaping the development of online fandom culture and participatory social media.

The platform’s structure fostered strong user engagement and identity formation, precursors to similar dynamics seen later on platforms like Tumblr and Reddit .

Following its decline in the English-speaking world, LiveJournal found renewed life in Russia and other post-Soviet states.

The platform was acquired by SUP Media, a Russian internet company, which invested in the development and maintenance of LiveJournal as a major Russian social network.

Under SUP Media’s stewardship, LiveJournal became a principal online community space in Russia, maintaining millions of active users well beyond the decline in other regions.

This transition underscores divergent regional internet ecosystems and the persistence of platforms despite global shifts .

Ownership changes and policy shifts significantly influenced LiveJournal’s trajectory.

News Corp’s acquisition brought structural changes but also raised concerns about content moderation and privacy policies.

Later, SUP Media's governance included stricter content control measures aligned with Russian regulations, which further affected international user retention.

Some users migrated away due to increased restrictions and concerns about censorship.

These factors, alongside the rapid innovation and user experience improvements of competitors, contributed to LiveJournal’s relative decline in popularity outside Russia .

In summary, LiveJournal's rise from a personal journaling application to a pioneering social blogging platform was marked by its innovative integration of privacy controls, friend lists, communities, and threaded discussions.

It created a unique space for personal expression intertwined with social interaction, differentiating itself from contemporaries like Blogger and MySpace.

The site experienced peak popularity in the early 2000s with millions of users and culturally significant fandom communities.

However, ownership changes, policy shifts, and competition from rapidly evolving platforms such as Facebook led to its decline, especially in the English-speaking world.

Despite this, LiveJournal’s continued prominence in the Russian internet landscape and its influence on online community culture remain notable aspects of its legacy.

LiveJournal originated from Brad Fitzpatrick’s creation of a personal journaling application that he initially developed for his own use.

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Access to the "Live Journal" was restored after the administration of the LiveJournal blog platform executed the decisions of the judicial authorities of Kazakhstan on the removal of illegal materials posted on the resource.
Representatives of LiveJournal reported on the removal from the blogging platform of materials containing signs of propaganda of terrorism and religious extremism, public calls to commit acts of terrorism and the manufacture of explosive devices.
Earlier, the Saryarka court of Astana issued a decision to close access to the “Live Journal ” from August 20, 2011 due to the distribution of these materials.
As a result, the Committee of Communications, Informatization and Information of the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan decided to resume access to the resource on the territory of Kazakhstan from November 11 this year.
LiveJournal also plans to open a representative office in Kazakhstan and develop the Kazakhstan segment of the blogging platform.
For reference: “Live Journal ” is a blogging platform for keeping online diaries (blogs).
Provides the ability to publish your own and comment on other people ’ s records, conduct collective blogs (“communities ”), add other users to friends and follow their records in the“ friends feed ”.
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That’s a problem.

In 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first real attempt at social networking, creating a space where users could upload their information and list their friends. The site peaked at approximately 3.5 million users before it shut down in 1999.

Since then, a series of social networking business models have emerged, each time offering more advanced tools for user interaction. LiveJournal, a site for keeping up with school friends, combined blogging and social networking features inspired by the WELL; Friendster was a social network that allowed for increased interaction and control by users; Myspace had open membership and gave users the freedom to customize their pages. In 2005, it—and its 25 million user base—was sold to News Corp. But within three years, Myspace had been surpassed by Facebook, which launched in 2004 for college students and opened to everyone in 2006.

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As that history shows, in the early days of the internet, disruption was profound and constant: New companies emerged in music, video, e-commerce, publishing, and telephony on an almost yearly basis. The internet appeared to be a space where competition could thrive.

Not anymore.

Today, disruption happens in much smaller ways. The examples are getting fewer because economies of scale have concentrated innovation in the hands of a few players.

More often, disruption comes from regulation—for better or, often, for worse. Current regulation attempts focus on the actions and behavior of some actors—chiefly Facebook—while creating unintended consequences for the internet, particularly fragmentation, or the splintering of the global internet into one that more closely hews territorial borders.

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It’s understandable that both the public and regulators might think that regulating “the internet” means focusing on the biggest players. Much of it has to do with the fact that users are often exposed to various types of illegal behavior and content through some of the most popular services that exist on the internet. Fix misinformation, or extremism, or ideological silos, or security on Facebook, the thinking goes, and you’ve fixed it on the internet as a whole.

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But this is an unhelpful and misguided narrative. First, the internet is not a monolith, so treating it as if it is simply will not work. Second, many of the issues regulators are trying to address are not internet problems; they are societal. Terrorism, child abuse, and mis- and disinformation are not an offspring of the internet; they existed before the internet, and they will continue to exist after it as they are ingrained in human societies. Yet, they are treated as if they are exclusively internet problems. Third, and most importantly, regulators should stop thinking of the internet as Facebook and treating it as such. In the internet regulatory landscape, there is a mixed bag of different issues, and Facebook’s involvement in all of them, direct or indirect, adds to the current complexity. Content moderation, privacy, intermediary liability, competition, encryption—these are all broader issues related to the internet, not just Facebook. Yet, the pattern that has emerged is to treat them as Facebook issues. What this means is that, instead of focusing on trying to address them in ways appropriate for the entire internet ecosystem, they are addressed through the Facebook lens. This has been quite accurately characterized as the “Facebook Derangement Syndrome.”

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The global regulatory agenda is replete with such examples. In the United Kingdom, the Online Safety legislation wants to ban end-to-end encryption because of Facebook’s plan to introduce it as a default setting in its Messenger service. On the other side of the Commonwealth, Australia recently introduced a media bargaining code mainly targeting Facebook. Facebook famously “left” the country before renegotiating a new agreement. Similarly, in what seems to be a coordinated effort, Canada has vowed to work with Australia in an attempt to impose regulatory restrictions on Facebook.

And this trend is not limited to the Commonwealth.

India’s new intermediary guidelines aim at tightening a regulatory grip on Facebook and its partner company WhatsApp while Brazil’s fake news bill, which got approved by the Senate, is focusing on content moderation on Facebook and traceability on WhatsApp. In France, there have been conversations about the introduction of “new rules” for Facebook, while Germany’s Network Enforcement Law—NetzDG—was drafted with the primary focus of taming Facebook. Finally, in the United States, the Trump administration issued an unsuccessful executive order that aimed to regulate Facebook for bias.

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This approach of limiting regulation to Facebook is not entirely unusual. It reflects the principal-agent conundrum that, over the years, has allowed companies like Facebook to  propose policies and deploy tools that can have an impact on the way regulation gets to be enforced. The principal-agent problem is predominantly characterized by conflict of interest and moral hazards. Due to information asymmetries, the agent holds the bargaining power, and this creates a few unknowns: The principal is in no position to know the information the agent holds. Even when she does, she cannot be certain that the agent is acting to her best interest. So, the principal ends up focusing squarely on the agent, disregarding any peripheral issues that might be significant.

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The principal-agent problem may help explain why governments appear ready to introduce regulation targeting Facebook; however, it does not help explain why, in the process of doing so, the main loser is the internet and its users.

Over the past couple of years, Facebook has said, “We support regulation,” and “we want updated internet regulations to set clear guidelines for addressing today’s toughest challenges.” This statement would be significant if it did not come across as self-serving. At this stage, regulation is inescapable and Facebook knows it—as does the rest of big tech. In an effort to adapt to this new reality, companies often take advantage of their dominant position to drive regulatory processes, often at the expense of regulation itself.

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In this context, the question we should be asking is not whether regulation is appropriate, but what are the real implications of regulating in such a manner? There is already an argument that focusing on a few, big players has an impact on the health of innovation and the ability of newcomers to compete. And, then, there is the internet. The internet’s global reach is one of its main strengths. It is a feature, not a bug. Among other things, it allows the maintenance of supply chains all over the world; it allows people to communicate; it lowers costs; and it makes information sharing easier, all the while helping to address societal issues like poverty or climate change.

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To this end, the attempt to regulate based on one—or a handful—of companies can jeopardize this very important goal of the internet. It can create fragmentation, in the sense of not allowing data to flow across borders or networks to interconnect, and this can be very real and have a very big impact. It can impose limits on the way information and data gets to be shared and the way networks may interoperate. These are significant trade-offs, and they must be part of any regulation’s process.

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So where do we go from here?

For sure, the answer cannot be to stop regulating. We must accept, however, that the current approach often generates unintended consequences that only superficially affect those who must be regulated.

In this light, a possible way forward is to experiment with regulation. Experimental regulation is a relatively underused approach, yet it is flexible enough to accommodate dynamic markets, like the internet. Originally associated with the work of John Dewey, this idea is premised on the fact that, in policymaking, the way we approach theories and strategies of justice depends on “the experience of their pursuit; it is these changes that then allow us to consider how best to achieve our objectives.” The advantage of this thinking is that it considers unintended consequences as an opportunity to better define appropriate regulatory frameworks and how to achieve the desired goals.

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Internet regulation does not experiment enough, and when it does, it appears to have the wrong focus. In Australia, for instance, the effort to ensure robust journalism in an age of disinformation in social media platforms led to a “link tax” that undermines the architecture, history, and economics of the internet. This is partly due to the role big tech companies play in the regulatory process. One of the immediate things one can observe with internet regulation is the process some actors deploy: In the beginning, they operate in favor of sustaining existing policies and bureaucracies. The thinking is that longevity brings legitimacy, and as a result, the policy becomes its own cause. Once this strategy is embedded in process, these powerful forces move toward pushing their own regulatory agenda.

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It is for this reason that there is a certain appeal toward flexible regulatory systems that allow different units to experiment with different approaches and make room for assessments that separate the relevant from the nonrelevant and preexisting rules. Although experimentation neither offers a drastic approach nor aims to replace traditional routes of regulation, it can limit the risks of politicization, as politics become more context focused.

One of the first things we need is an internet impact assessment that looks at the different parts of the internet’s infrastructure and the effect that regulation may have. It is no longer just about regulating a few actors. It is about protecting the global infrastructure that we all depend on daily.

The internet has a Facebook problem, but the internet is not Facebook.

This article represents the views of the author and not those of his employer, the Internet Society. Facebook is an organization member of the Internet Society.

Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society.

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The design integrated both blogging and social networking elements that distinguished LiveJournal from purely personal or static blogging platforms existing at the time.

Inspired by earlier community-driven digital spaces like the WELL, LiveJournal focused on fostering interactive, ongoing social connections, especially among school-aged users and niche interest groups.

This combination appealed to users seeking to share diary-like posts with a controlled but engaged audience, blending self-expression with social interaction .

LiveJournal’s uniqueness lay in its robust social features intertwined with blogging.

It allowed users to create friend lists to curate whose posts appeared in their personal feeds, thus emphasizing social networks rather than random blog browsing.

Additionally, the platform supported “communities,” collective blogs where multiple users contributed on shared interests or identities, facilitating dynamic group discussions and events.

Privacy controls were pivotal in LiveJournal’s design; users could restrict journal visibility to friends, specific communities, or the public, establishing boundaries rarely seen in contemporaries like Blogger, which defaulted towards full public access, or MySpace, which emphasized open but less private customization.

The inclusion of threaded comment systems further enhanced dialogue, promoting rich, multi-user conversations distinct from the often one-way communication of other platforms at the time .

LiveJournal experienced remarkable growth in the early 2000s.

By early 2005, it boasted over 2.5 million active accounts, with an overall user base reportedly near 25 million.

This period marked major development milestones, including adoption by international users, broadening its influence beyond the initial American school and college demographic.

In 2005, the platform was sold to News Corp, highlighting LiveJournal’s commercial success and strategic value.

However, the competitive landscape became increasingly challenging with Facebook’s launch in 2004 and MySpace’s rise, both of which eventually eclipsed LiveJournal by offering more expansive social networking features, friend discovery, and multimedia sharing capabilities.

Consequently, by the late 2000s, LiveJournal's English-speaking user base dwindled as larger platforms consolidated the market .

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Tianya Community, founded in 1999 and once the number one online platform in China, has recently been found to be inaccessible to its web pages and apps.
Due to the previous business crisis, and even faced a number of legal claims enforcement cases, many netizens lamented that the era of “the end of the world ” has passed.
Based on media information such as China Economic Weekly and Rule of Law Daily, Tianya Community released an announcement on April 1, saying that it will undergo a "technology upgrade" and "data restructuring" in the near future, and the platform will not be accessible during this period.
However, because the entire website and app has stopped working for more than 20 days, it has caused more and more comments from netizens.
The report pointed out that after checking the registration information of Chinese enterprises, Tianya Community was established in April 1999, the full name of Tianya Community Network Technology Co., Ltd., and the legal representative is the founder Xing Ming, which is jointly owned by Xing Ming, Hainan Dawei Internet Investment Management Co., Ltd., and Beijing Junlian Venture Capital Center (limited partnership).
The company has 16 reinvested enterprises, of which 14 are still in existence, covering the fields of Internet technology, cultural communication, e-commerce and investment.
However, the Tianya community currently has six cases of execution, with a cumulative execution target of more than 146 million yuan (about 21.08 million US dollars), which is more than its registered capital of 93 million yuan.
In addition, Xing Ming personally has dozens of “consumption restriction orders ” (court orders to limit consumption due to accumulated debts).
The Tianya community also involved in hundreds of cases of litigation, including reputation disputes, infringement of the rights of information network dissemination of works and other cases.
Many middle-aged and middle-aged netizens learned that the "Tianya community" website can not be accessed, and may face the crisis of being unable to operate, they have set off a "wave of mourning" on social platforms, and issued a message of remembrance, "The end of the world is closed, the end of the world is near, and never see again."
Among them, a considerable number of netizens believe that Tianya was the spiritual sustenance of young netizens in the heyday of the 2000s to the early 2010s.
Among the current political, ideological and other versions of the article, the level of the article is not known to be many times higher than the current article.
Some netizens said that there was no smartphone when they were studying, and they could only use a desktop computer every day to "go to the end of the world", which was standard equipment for young Chinese people to pay attention to current events, global events and exchange of ideas.
And with other netizens to the point of view of each other warm, even fierce debate, attack flowers, make people miss.
However, today's Internet environment is difficult to compare with the era of "Tianya".
However, some netizens believe that the operation of "Tianya Community" has not been able to keep up with the trend of the times, and has been surpassed by many other online platforms.
Coupled with the rise of the media, more diversified choices of netizens, a significant loss of users, doomed to the fate of the world's exit from the historical stage.
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Nevertheless, LiveJournal retained significant cultural importance during its peak.

It became a central hub for various fandoms and online subcultures, where users shared fan fiction, artwork, and participated in thematic discussions related to television series, literature, music, and more.

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This early cultivation of niche communities contributed to shaping the development of online fandom culture and participatory social media.

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We do not know, but we will tell about analogues
The situation with YouTube is now ambiguous.
He seems to be, and he doesn ’ t.
The service itself did not block access to the Russians, only then canceled the possibility of a paid subscription.
Some users, in principle, did not notice any special changes, on the contrary, rejoiced at the lack of advertising.
It was bad for only bloggers who lost their affiliate, and the most active users who are accustomed to the benefits of a premium subscription. (according to the author, YouTube Music is generally the best and underrated way of music streaming).
The most stubborn kept up to the ice
The state has not yet banned YouTube, but using it to store important information has become not very reliable.
Rumors about the closure of the service have been around for a long time.
They walked before the introduction of sanctions, and after 2022 and the expulsion of Instagram * and did become the usual “white noise ”.
Every three months, those whispers appear: “I have a friend there works, said: in a week they are definitely closed. ”
And it seems like I want to make fun of such bikes, but there are still risks.
We are now here in wit exercise, and in a couple of months the video hosting will take and really close.
What do you mean, then?
Where to watch a thousand and one interviews during lunch or a millionth iPhone review?
How can we do without content from schoolchildren and YouTube shorts?
The answer is expected - we are going to see what Russian analogues have there.
We do not promise a complete replacement, but we can offer something.
* belongs to Meta, which is recognized in the Russian Federation as extremist and prohibited.
Why didn't Rutube take off?
History of anti-success
The first thing that comes to mind is, of course, Rutube.
When you think of him, you get the impression that he was like a younger brother, all the time standing and waiting for his time.
The irony is that he is not the youngest, and his finest hour has long passed.
Old people understand what we are talking about here, and we will explain to our youngest readers: Rutube opened not after a new sanctions, and not even five years ago, but in 2006 (which roughly coincides with the appearance of YouTube).
And decent funding has arrived already by 2008, Gazprom-Media as any.
It would be a lie to say that our analogue is always a rotten place.
At the end of the 2000s, local Internet stars even lived there, the careers of some of them actually originated on RuTube (and then they switched to a foreign platform, yeah).
Only here the further development somehow did not go in step with the foreign brother.
While some gained frenzied popularity, stimulated affiliate programs and became a tasty morsel for Google, others also seemed to develop, but in completely unknown ways.
For example, religious ceremonies with the consecration of servers or memoranda on the fight against pirated content, things are certainly good, but for some reason, the attractiveness of the service does not increase.
There were more familiar ways of promotion: constant upgrades of design and functionality, cooperation with TV channels, the purchase of rights to broadcast popular programs, but the people did not go there, and that ’ s all!
And such unpleasant surprises have happened.
In addition to the obvious mistakes in the development and promotion strategy, according to personal opinion, the site almost always looked heavy, inconvenient and outdated.
Well, I didn ’ t reach for a hand to click on its tab, even for some unique content.
Even the banal viewing of advertising there was much more infuriating than on YouTube.
And not to say that there were a lot of popular videos, especially since bloggers began to monetize their content.
Meanwhile, YouTube became more than just a platform for uploading media files, a whole cultural layer was formed around it.
Golden buttons, like and bell, annual reviews (selections of the best videos for the year), all this made the name of the service a household name, literally depriving regional competitors of at least some chance in the fight for the viewer.
Where to run today
However, no one puts an end to RuTube, in 2021 they had another global change, and just after 2022, interest in the site grew, partly from despair.
Many were politely asked to duplicate their content there, especially if it was about something important from the state point of view, such as educational materials.
And what to do for those who, according to old memory, do not accept RuTube at all and do not burn the desire to go there even under the threat of remaining without hilarious shows and informative unpacks from the store all for 50 rubles?
There are not many alternatives to YouTube, but there are.
VK Video
Once again, the phrase “in time ” is more appropriate than ever.
VK has always had a video player and it was also actively used, but rather not for the sake of blogging, but more for short videos or merged series.
Global changes have only come in recent years.
First, we changed the interface, there were light notes of YouTube, but in a good way.
Second, we have a separate app.
Now, if you do not really want to use the social network, then you do not need to.
The video service is self-sufficient.
The main “innovation ” – there was a suitable content: they bought the rights to exclusive shows, they sheltered popular bloggers, with whom YouTube treated unfairly, handing out bans to the right and left.
Here ’ s to you and the growth of an interested audience!
Well, why not.
They have not yet had time to disgrace themselves, they do not have the bad glory of a lame video service.
For dessert, decent algorithms and a system of recommendations were rolled out, which also pleased many users.
For bloggers and other creatives, an affiliate program has been introduced, there is an opportunity to receive money from advertising, to the previous scale, of course, is far away, but you need to start somewhere.
Of the minuses, I can note certain inconveniences that are associated with viewing advertising, but today it is one of the most worthy alternative services.
Yandex Zen
An unexpected option, but also quite workable.
Zen itself implies the format of the blog, so the presence of video content from bloggers there is logical.
There is a special section of Zen Video.
Not one in one YouTube, but a certain similarity can be traced.
There is a system of recommendations, likes and comments, even monetization and an analogue of shorts.
The main problem lies in the content, as there are mainly published bloggers who initially occupied the Zen niche.
It is unlikely that prominent LOMs (opinion leaders) will move there, and some highly specialized content is quite difficult to find.
No students with terrible microphones that will solve your problem with installing drivers in three minutes.
MTS
MTS try to keep up with other ecosystems and actively develop their own.
There are not so many video services, so there is still a place under the sun, so they have Napoleonic plans.
Initially, in 2019, they created a platform for gamers WASD.TV.
It allowed you to stream, participate in tournaments, earn some internal currency.
Import substitution, but with a limited audience and functionality.
Recently, MTS wanted to update their eSports brainchild, thought and thought, and decided: “let ’ s create something new at all? ”.
Therefore, the world in 2024 will see another analogue of YouTube – Nuum.
It is planned to leave the narrow subject, the beta version has already been launched.
It looks like something we ’ ve seen many times before.
It is possible to download both vertical and horizontal videos and stream.
Standard registration by phone number or through other accounts.
We are promised that the amount of content will steadily grow.
Some bloggers have already managed to migrate there (which ones are not yet clear...).
Judging by the reaction of the public, no breakthrough is to be expected, but it is still possible to give a chance.
This is what the main site looks like in the test version
Problems and prospects
The difficulty with replacing YouTube arose not so much because of the functionality, but because of the habit.
The services themselves with video downloads and likes we had for a long time.
Therefore, the problem lies not in copying or improving technologies, but in positioning and attitude towards users.
Over the years, YouTube has become a real hegemon among video hosting sites, so people will sit there until the last, even with limited functionality and paid subscriptions (as you know, the mice cried and pricked, but continued to eat the cactus).
The current situation can be affected by the blocking, the well-known social network with a purple logo has clearly demonstrated this.
Of insta * left not all, but a significant part of the use ceased.
In the case of YouTube, you want to have ways of withdrawal and adequate replacements.
In principle, they are already there, the situation is far from terrible.
Platforms are available, they can be improved and upgraded, based on the needs of the audience.
It would be nice to take care of their image.
It is necessary to correct positioning and competent implementation, and not another curve analogue, which breathes on incense and is created for reporting and ticking.
In other words, consumers are waiting for a full-fledged and high-quality service with clear algorithms, interface, monetization and constant development.
It is necessary to form a positive image of such services, to attract really popular content makers.
In this case, Russian analogues have a chance for their place under the sun and our people ’ s love!
* belongs to Meta, which is recognized in the Russian Federation as extremist and prohibited.
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The platform’s structure fostered strong user engagement and identity formation, precursors to similar dynamics seen later on platforms like Tumblr and Reddit .

Following its decline in the English-speaking world, LiveJournal found renewed life in Russia and other post-Soviet states.

After Russian users could no longer use foreign social networks, where did they post their blogs?

The platform was acquired by SUP Media, a Russian internet company, which invested in the development and maintenance of LiveJournal as a major Russian social network.

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A Russian court on Friday fined Google 87 million euros ($27 million) and Meta (formerly Facebook) $27 million for publishing banned content.
Russian authorities have been seeking for years to strengthen their control of the Internet, which is the last space for Kremlin opponents to express their positions relatively freely.
Russia regularly imposes sanctions on major digital companies, accusing them of failing to remove content promoting drugs, suicide and opposition-related content.
However, the amount of the fine imposed on Google today is unprecedented.
The media office of the Moscow courts announced in its account on "Telegram" the conviction of Google for "reoffending" on the background of the failure of the US giant to delete from its platforms content classified by Russia prohibited.
The court did not specify the content for which the fine was imposed.
In a statement, the Moscow courts' press office said: "We will study the court documents and decide later on what measures to take."
Also on Friday, the same court imposed a huge fine on Meta (formerly Facebook) of $27 million for not deleting content that Moscow considers illegal.
The court ’ s media service reported on Telegram that the company was fined 1.9 billion rubles.
In October, Russia ’ s communications watchdog Roskomandor threatened Meta with fines that could amount to “between 5 and 10 percent of its Russian subsidiary ’ s annual revenue ” of hundreds of millions of dollars.
In addition to the pressure exerted through fines, authorities have threatened to arrest employees of Apple and Google in Russia if they do not cooperate, according to internal sources in these groups.
In September, just before the legislative elections, Moscow forced the two companies accused of “election interference ” to delete the app of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny from their digital stores in Russia.
Russia often resorts to temporary or permanent bans on entities that refuse to comply with its directives.
Russia has shut down several websites linked to Navalny, whose organisations have been labelled "extremist" by the Russian judiciary.
In September, Roskomandor announced the suspension of six popular VPNs that allow access to websites banned in Russia.
Since 2014, Russian laws have required digital companies to store the data of their Russian users in Russia, which has cost Facebook, Google and social media platforms Telegram and WhatsApp thousands of euros in fines.
Authorities are developing a controversial "sovereign Internet" system that, once completed, will enable them to isolate the Russian network by separating it from major global servers.
NGOs and dissidents fear the Kremlin is seeking to build a China-style national censored network, which Russian authorities deny.
In January 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin said digital giants were in "de facto competition with countries", denouncing "attempts to control society".
In mid-December, Russian technology group VK, the parent company of Russia ’ s leading social media network VKontakte, announced the appointment of Vladimir Kirienko as CEO, the son of a Putin confidant.
It came less than two weeks after state-owned gas giant Gazprom acquired the group through a subsidiary, a deal that reflected the growing control of Russian authorities over social media and the internet.
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After Russian users could no longer use foreign social networks, where did they post their blogs?

Under SUP Media’s stewardship, LiveJournal became a principal online community space in Russia, maintaining millions of active users well beyond the decline in other regions.

After Russian users could no longer use foreign social networks, where did they post their blogs?

This transition underscores divergent regional internet ecosystems and the persistence of platforms despite global shifts .

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Content: PR is frozen at the crossroads
PR specialists avoid forecasts, but build a strategy for the future
PR is at a crossroads.
You will go to the right – you will roll into the “political ” and you will lose the brand.
If you go to the left, you will lose customers.
Where the third path leads, and whether it exists at all, is unknown.
PR specialists told the JOURNALIST what is happening in their industry, and fantasized about what communications will come to in the near future.
Ivan Chirkov, Head of Brand Group at Netologiya Educational Company
Now it is very important to choose the words.
Not because it is scary, but because the correctness of the wording will avoid misunderstanding and unnecessary questions.
The worst option for a brand is to ignore the situation and the changes associated with it.
You need to define your position, whatever it is.
If the chosen course turns out to be wrong, then you should not "change shoes" on the go - delete posts in social networks, clean up comments or close accounts.
Such microerrors trigger the audience as emotional triggers, cause a feeling that the company is doing badly, and trust in it is falling.
Now it is very important to choose the words.
Not because it is scary, but because the correctness of the wording will avoid misunderstanding and unnecessary questions.
For us, Instagram * and Facebook * were not only important communication tools, but also part of the educational track of our students.
After the introduction of restrictions, we, like many, lost part of the active audience.
In addition, we have a need to recycle a huge number of educational materials, which in a matter of days ceased to be relevant.
To stay in touch with our students, we try to keep them motivated.
Education is always a movement forward, new horizons and life.
Learning now is perhaps even more important than before.
Making predictions beyond two days is difficult and pointless.
In general, the entire PR-industry is waiting for a communication crisis, because now everyone is trying to be as careful as possible, to secure the mention of the brand and not to take hasty steps.
As a result, the information that brands and experts could broadcast publicly becomes less accessible.
More than ever, you need to be flexible and adaptable.
The main rule seems to be to be appropriate.
On some issues, it is better to remain silent, postpone publication, but the main thing is to remain a high-quality source of information.
Now internal communication can be much more important than working with the media.
It is worth reminding yourself once again that PR is much broader than publications in specialized publications and endless press releases.
Valery Razgulyaev, information manager of the company "VkusVill"
We have never been tied to Meta * sites, although we have tracked customer requests and communicated with them where they were convenient.
Now we have concentrated interaction in Telegram, Vkontakte and in our application “VkusVill ”.
Our company decided last year that it does not engage in politics and does not speak on topics where public opinion is polarized.
First of all, it does not belong to the sphere of our activity.
Secondly, we do not understand and do not want to understand politics at all.
Our main goal is to feed people.
And as the practice of these one and a half months has shown, there is nothing difficult in refusing to discuss the topic of Ukraine for a commercial company.
Our company decided last year that it does not engage in politics and does not speak on topics where public opinion is polarized.
The format of the work cannot but change.
The division in Holland had to be closed, in Bulgaria it was possible to preserve due to the original full autonomy of the local team from the Moscow central office.
Now we are actively looking for options for exporting our products to all countries of Eurasia.
Making predictions in the current situation makes no sense.
We are confident in one thing: two-way communication, not one-way communication, is the key to the success of any organization.
Here are some tips that help us too.
It is necessary to go to the buyer with inner confidence in your offer, for which it is worth honestly discussing the fears of the team.
Just thinking that the worst thing can happen - and what we will do if it does happen.
This allows you to look to the future with more confidence and communicate with your customers.
• It is worth highlighting what is the most important result of the company ’ s work and should be preserved, and what can be cut if there is a need.
• It is necessary to establish interaction within the team so that colleagues spend time and energy not on conflicts, but on productive teamwork for the sake of the client.
Anna Kostryukova, Head of PR Department, Doing Great Agency
Almost everything has changed in our work.
We are engaged in cultural projects, entertainment industry and brands, so the reduction of projects was quite rapid.
Something similar, but not on such a scale, we experienced in 2020, when the covid came.
Both then and now, the priority was to save jobs as much as possible, to find ways to continue doing what we love and know how to do.
The agency is almost 6 years old, our journey is just beginning, and we can not get away from the distance.
Morally, it is very difficult for us - so we introduced group sessions with a psychologist for the team, came up with several non-profit projects to continue to do at least something every day.
Now it is necessary to change the tone of communication - to translate into a calm neutral, without jokes and memes, "explosive ideas".
And then — to adapt, to resort to the power of weak ties [the concept of the American sociologist Mark Granovetter, according to which in interpersonal communication weak ties are more important than strong — approx. ed.], to collaborate with projects similar in spirit and values.
We conduct an honest dialogue, together we understand what can be done now and what is not worth it.
Our main conclusion is that if a specialist has the tools and thinks with his head, then it will turn out to be rebuilt.
Now it is necessary to change the tone of communication - to translate into a calm neutral, without jokes and memes, "explosive ideas".
And then, to adapt.
In my opinion, the winner is the one who was initially present not only on one platform.
Of course, we see a surge in interest and the migration of the audience in Yandex.Zen, VKontakte and Telegram.
Ahead of us is a powerful reassessment and competition of specialists - the market of projects and customers will shrink and will not cover the number of applicants.
The value of connections and partnerships will increase, the growth of the community, the unity of people.
Therefore, I advise you to develop networking, look at collaborations and learn something new every day.
Aksinya Shevtsova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Social Media, Petersburg Diary
So far, we have not experienced the global changes associated with our work.
At the moment, there is no legislative ban on using Instagram * and Facebook *, so we continue to publish content.
We see this as a chance to enter and develop on those sites that were previously little used.
For example, Yandex.Zen and RuTube.
On RuTube we plan to launch broadcasting 24 / 7.
Everyone has the right to their own opinion, but the media, which brings information to tens and hundreds of thousands of people, is obliged to ensure the reliability of this information.
First of all, we are the media – and do not evaluate, but cover and inform.
As far as external communication is concerned, the same principle applies.
All our projects, both editorial and PR, are focused and focused on St. Petersburg.
We are an urban publication, and in our case, changing the routes of urban transport will matter more than a new call from [French President Emmanuel] Macron to someone.
There are federal media for the international agenda.
Politicized content, of course, is not ignored, but it is of little concern to us.
We are a city publication, and in our case, changing the routes of urban transport will be more important than a new call from French President Emmanuel Macron to someone else.
Now many people say that the PR sphere is dying.
PR will never die, it is impossible.
It ’ s just changing, but it ’ s happening all the time in our world.
When global events occur, this process accelerates and becomes more visible.
Those who have mastered new competencies are now in a better position than those who still believe that PR is writing press releases.
The advice for media PR specialists in the new conditions will be universal and banal, but it is no less correct: do not be afraid to learn new things, look for new opportunities even when it seems that everything is over, and in any case do not fall into despondency and despair.
Ekaterina Gladkikh, PR Manager at Brandson branding agency
Our internal and external communications are a bit different now.
We are joking inside the group.
Every meeting or briefing we try to hold on a positive note, because we understand that this is the only option for maintaining the resource state.
We are not talking about politics, we are not trying to hurt someone ’ s feelings.
In this situation, we can only do what we know how to - create beauty, please our customers
In addition, a month and a half ago, we explained to employees the situation: what is happening, how it can affect the company and each individual employee - this calmed the team a little.
Our external communications are now as neutral as possible.
We are not talking about politics, we are not trying to hurt someone ’ s feelings.
In this situation, we can only do what we know how to - create beauty, please our customers and work rolling up our sleeves.
Brandson builds relationships with partners from different regions.
The agency is part of the international network Total Skills Network with offices in the Netherlands, China, Russia and Denmark, and is also a member of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce.
The political situation rather influenced some technical aspects of cooperation, but in fact the relations remained the same.
We all have to leave emotions on the other side of the office door.
It is unlikely that PR will undergo radical changes.
The PR-sphere is quite progressive from the point of view of business and human resources, the main thing here is not to miss the moment and adapt to other market players who need the services of PR specialists.
The changes may affect not the essence of the sphere itself, but its form, since the range of issues covered in the public space has narrowed slightly.
Ksenia Kozar, Head of SMM and PR of the network of image studios « GlamSlam by Osipov »
Most of all, the work has changed emotionally: when you do not know what will happen tomorrow, it is difficult to look for strength in yourself for creativity.
We are not afraid to consider new directions of communication.
For example, we will definitely experiment with [the domestic analogue of the social network Instagram *] “Rossgram ” when it launches.
Many new sites first cause skepticism, and then function successfully.
The first three weeks since the beginning of the “special operation ” we did not release entertainment content, replaced it with neutral.
We are now working in the same mode.
The user is tired of heavy information agenda and looking for ways to distract.
We are more attuned to the situation than we decide anything.
Perhaps the only thing you can do now is live by the new rules.
And at the same time, try to stay calm.
Prices in the field of beauty, as in many others, have risen strongly.
Materials, consumables, tools have risen in price.
It is necessary to replace many positions with more budget products in order to somehow slow down the growth of the cost of services.
We are more attuned to the situation than we decide anything.
Perhaps the only thing you can do now is live by the new rules.
And at the same time try to stay calm and look for new opportunities for expansion.
Roman Chelyuskin, PR and Marketing Director, Sapir Medical Clinic, Israel
We are an Israeli clinic that treats patients from all over the world, including from Russia.
Restrictions on advertising on Facebook * and Instagram * strongly affected us, because most of our audience came from these sites.
We have kept accounts, we continue to publish content, but without advertising we cannot attract users as actively as before.
Now we explain to patients how to get to the clinic.
As a rule, we work with seriously ill people, and the frequent cases of flight delays are a big problem for them.
The first two weeks after February 24, we didn ’ t know what to do.
The news feed was read as a battle sheet with messages about the prohibition of social networks, the departure of brands.
In two or three weeks, we began to redistribute the resources that we will invest in the promotion of the clinic.
Now, in addition to consulting on treatment, we explain to patients how to get to the clinic.
As a rule, we work with seriously ill people, and the frequent cases of flight delays are a big problem for them.
Another difficulty is the withdrawal of currency.
Our average check is 10-15 thousand dollars, in Russia you can withdraw only 10.
There were problems with medicines - some in Russia simply do not exist, because of which it is necessary to adjust the treatment.
All these nuances we need to monitor and warn customers in time.
Now it is almost individual communication, which greatly complicates the work.
Artemy Agrafenin, press secretary of Lenfilm studio
In the first week after the start of the “special operation ”, we completely canceled our classic meetings with speakers so that the discussion did not turn into a debate.
Culture is above politics, we focus on love.
We show romantic stories, a movie about the Russian outback.
Soon the Arctic Open will begin - a festival with Yakut paintings, films about the north.
After the ban on showing their films by some foreign companies, the demand for Soviet cinema increased.
And this is the film studio Mosfilm, Gorky and we, Lenfilm.
Now we are actively providing films for both commercial and non-commercial screening.
Russian cinema has finally got a chance to show itself.
We have good movies that didn ’ t get to theaters for one reason or another.
Sometimes it ’ s just because Marvel and Hollywood movies are more profitable.
After the ban on showing their films by some foreign companies, the demand for Soviet cinema increased.
And this is the film studio Mosfilm, Gorky and we, Lenfilm
The shooting process continues, we are making plans for the future.
We want to expand cooperation with Russian film services.
Since the time of the pandemic, customers and partners have been communicating remotely.
Communication has not been disrupted: those film companies with which we were friends operate outside the political context.
We cooperate on barter - a direct exchange of films, the main thing is that there is a rental certificate.
In order not to lose contact with the audience, we created a Telegram channel, more actively began to work in Vkontakte.
YouTube channel was transferred to RuTube, increased the announcement of events through the media.
The absence of Instagram * and Facebook * hurts our commercial activities – these sites were the main “promoters ” of our events.
You have to adapt to other social networks.
I advise PR specialists to remember about impartiality and self-control.
No matter what happens, life goes on, and there has never been a time when new opportunities have not opened up.
Vasily Cherny, Director of Strategic Communications, Brand Analytics
The biggest audience migration is taking place.
Communication has become point, PR specialists are forced to look for separate points of presence - public, groups, communities.
Sooner or later, this chaos will settle down, but in the meantime, we need to adapt.
Brands need to change tone of voice, it should be trusting, friendly.
To do this, you do not need to give users the “only correct answers ” that can not be now.
Just enough human attention.
The agenda is changing, the legislation is changing, but the demand for reputational services is consistently high
In a crisis, the first desire that arises from management is to reduce marketing budgets.
If advertising appetites can be reduced, then reducing communication is a critically wrong decision.
The result is big reputational losses, because contacts with suppliers, partners and customers are at stake.
In the first days after February 24, many specialists had a question: “Will there be anything at all that needs to be promoted? ”.
Definitely yes, and there will be a lot of work in both PR and GR.
The agenda is changing, the legislation is changing, but the demand for reputational services is consistently high.
Advice is simple.
Try to save customers, change tone of voice.
Use quick analytics tools, they, like a litmus test, will show your misses and accurate hits.
Finally, remember to take care of yourself.
We have a marathon ahead of us, not a 100-meter race.
* The activity of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist.
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When a farmer ’ s donkey burns and does not want to walk behind him to the mill, he extends a bouquet of hashish to him and follows him. Whenever he burns, he gives him a bite of the bouquet and follows him until the donkey reaches the mill and is still hungry: this is how the mind of social media addicts works on electronic excitement, as they feel more emptiness and hunger after each bite. It is more than the precious and the abnormal or the liar more than the right, because the size of the emptiness and boredom of the individual is determined by the time he is on the platforms of communication, except those who manage the platforms and collect their money from their consumers, such as the supermarket: you enter to take the object you want and get out of it loaded with things you did not want …
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Currently, the FDA relies primarily on phone calls to manufacturers asking if they can increase their supply to understand the situation.
The American Society of Health System Pharmacists said it is working with the federal government to advise the government on measures to address the drug shortage, including that Congress should require manufacturers to be more transparent on any supply chain issues and encourage more diversity in supply chains.
According to Abramowitz, “The federal government still has a lot of work to do to fundamentally address drug shortages, and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists will continue to engage regularly with policymakers to guide them in drafting and passing new legislation to address drug shortages and continue to advocate vigorously for proven solutions on behalf of our members. ”

In the United States, the first quarter of 2024 saw severe shortages of 323 drugs—the highest level recorded since 2001.

These shortages span nearly all drug categories, with sterile injectables used in chemotherapy and emergency care among the most affected.

Oncology drugs such as carboplatin and cisplatin experienced critical shortages, affecting over 70% of treatment centers, causing delayed care and increased patient risk.

Diabetes medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro also face significant supply constraints due to unprecedented demand surges.

Estonia and Taiwan similarly report rising shortages, notably of antibiotics, cardiovascular drugs critical for heart attack and stroke management, and pediatric antipyretics.

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This year, pharmacies in Estonia faced a much larger shortage of drugs than a year earlier.
Problems with supplies are caused by both increased demand and shortage of raw materials, reports rus.err with reference to "Actual chamber".
This spring, parents faced a shortage of antibiotics and antipyretic drugs suitable for children, and in the fall, the Sorbister drug for renal patients had to be issued from the state reserve stock, since it was not enough due to supply problems in pharmacies.
Hospitals are also facing a severe shortage of medicines this year.
“For example, hospitals use very important drugs to treat the consequences of heart attacks and strokes, the supply problems of which have been observed for a year, but thanks to good cooperation, we were able to ensure that no one was left without treatment, ” said Marco Tiisler, head of the Import and Export Supervision Department of the Drug Department.
In 2021, there was a shortage of 183 drugs in pharmacies, last year - 359, as of the end of this year - 450 drugs, and in the case of 130 drugs, the cause of the deficiency is unknown.
The second significant reason was a sudden surge in demand, for example, for the drug Ozempic, which is popular among those who lose weight, but drugs can be in short supply due to problems with production.
- Producers lack the active ingredient.
The active substances come from third countries, they are not always available, this was stated by one of the largest European manufacturers of antibiotics, - said Tiisler.
Drug supply problems put not only patients in a difficult position, but also doctors who have to quickly find replacements, sometimes in conditions of scarce information about alternatives.
If earlier, in the case of a shortage of drugs, the patient had to pay the full cost of the drug prescribed as a substitute, recently the Health Insurance Fund, as an exception, decided to extend the discount to some alternatives.
According to Lee Rootslane, head of the Union of Pharmacies, problems with the supply of medicines are a growing problem throughout Europe.
- This year, in cooperation with the Drug Department and family doctors, we made recommendations so that if a problem arises, we do not solve it after the fact, but try to provide some solutions and avoid panic.
In the case of children ’ s syrups, people read about the shortage of syrup, went to the pharmacy and took two syrups instead of the usual one, ” Rootslane said.
The drug department recommends having a weekly supply of non-prescription drugs and a monthly supply of prescription drugs at home.
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An Unexpected Catastrophe in the World ’ s Largest Country: The Complete Story of U.S. Drug Shortages
The deficit is at a record level.
According to data from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the University of Utah Drug Information Service, organizations began tracking drug shortages for the first time in 2001. Steady since 2021 – now reaching a record high of 323 drugs in the first three months of 2024.
Paul Abramowitz, CEO of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, wrote in a blog post on Thursday: “It ’ s been a long time to end drug shortages, ” and wrote:“ All drug classes are vulnerable to shortages, some of the most worrisome shortages include sterile injectable generic drugs, including cancer chemotherapy drugs and emergency drugs stored in hospital vans and procedural areas. It is dangerous for doctors and patients. ”
In addition to the 32 chemotherapy drugs that are deficient, the five categories of drugs with the greatest deficiency include central nervous system stimulants, antimicrobials, hormonal agents, and intravenous fluids. [1] The Drug Deficiency Database maintained by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the University of Utah is based on voluntary reports from practitioners, patients, and others that have been confirmed by manufacturers. The U.S. drug is in short supply, because it captures broader effects on service providers and patients.
The crisis has lasted a year and a half.
More than half of the treatment shortages have lasted for more than two years, according to an analysis by health consultancy IQVIA, and the average shortage affects at least half a million patients, many of them elderly, according to the US Office of Health and Human Services under the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, which shared its analysis with Congress in May.
Growing demand can play a role in drug shortages, as with the recent shortage of weight-loss drugs, but often manufacturing and quality problems, such as supply chain gaps and downtime, are the root cause. And varied.
But the American Society of Health System Pharmacists has “serious concerns ” about parts of this proposal, especially financial sanctions imposed on hospitals that lack the resources to comply with the recommendations, Abramowitz wrote:“ We all know that managing shortages is not enough and is not a sustainable solution to the worsening crisis, and there is still a lot of work to be done at the federal level to fix the root causes of drug shortages. ”
Why Shortage Occurs
Shortages can be caused by high demand, as with the recent shortage of weight-loss drugs, but this is not usually the main problem.
The FDA also blames manufacturing and quality problems, supply chain gaps, and downtime, and Dr. Emily Tucker, a drug shortage expert and an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Clemson University, says that when there is an indication of shortages, large health systems often also proactively place large orders, adding to the system ’ s stress.
“I don ’ t blame anyone.
“When I talk to all the stakeholders – whether it ’ s wholesalers, manufacturers, or the government – everyone wants this problem to end, ” she said.
Lack of transparency
Dr. Julie Grallo, chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, told the House Committee earlier that the shortage puts providers in a terrible position: “The drug shortage crisis is forcing providers to make impossible choices, and it is also hindering the development of new drugs. Health drugs are purchased only on a price basis, and manufacturers do not have to disclose the source of their acquisition of the ingredients.
The shortage of this generic chemical drug came due to the closure of one factory in India that manufactures the active ingredient after a surprise FDA inspection found “significant quality issues, ” says Jarallo:“ We didn ’ t know, and there was no transparency regarding the company ’ s supply of the majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients to all manufacturers across the board.
Knowing this in advance, we could have responded much faster, ” Dr. Steven Schundlemeyer, director of the PRIME Institute of the University of Minnesota School of Pharmacy, which focuses on economic and management issues, told the committee that as with defense contractors in the United States, New Zealand requires manufacturers to disclose their suppliers, and that information is required.
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Key drivers of these shortages include the concentration of drug manufacturing and raw material sourcing in China and India, exposing supply chains to geopolitical tensions, natural events, and pandemic-related factory shutdowns.

Production and quality control issues further reduce output reliability.

Market dynamics, including fragmented and opaque supply chains, low profitability in generic drug manufacturing, and pricing policies that discourage production investments, exacerbate scarcity.

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Supermarkets and pharmacies in many parts of the United States have recently encountered varying degrees of "drug shortage", many over-the-counter drugs have been snapped up, and online sales channels are also seriously out of stock.
The reasons for this can be broadly divided into the sudden surge in demand, the unfavorable supply situation, and the "panic" caused by the expected future demand for drugs.
Sales of colds at U.S. retailers jumped 35% in November from a year earlier, and sales of throat sprays and throat lotion rose 56%. The recent increase in sales enthusiasm for these drugs is evident.
Even without relying on data, the empty shelves in supermarkets and pharmacies are enough to explain the problem.
In particular, those popular drugs that relieve the symptoms of children's colds are more difficult to find.
The epidemic itself has greatly increased the "need for drugs" as the primary cause.
The impact of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), multiple epidemics have increased the demand for these drugs.
Especially for parents looking after sick children, it is unrealistic to ask them to be patient and wait for medication.
This has also forced these parents to "sweep" around, and the rush for drugs has naturally spread.
In addition to the increase in demand directly caused by the families of the epidemic, the news of the shortage of drugs has also prompted some families who have not been infected to start stocking up on additional drugs in advance.
In parts of the United States, sales of drugs related to coughs, colds, flu and nasal congestion have directly doubled in the past month.
In some areas where drug supply is limited, sales have also been pushed up by 30%.
In addition, from a supply point of view, the tight supply chain of production is also a factor that causes a "short-term drug shortage".
According to a recent study, 84% of the global supply of Acetaminophen (the main component of Tylenol) comes from China and India, with China accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total supply; Ipuprofen also comes from China, accounting for one-third of global production.
Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of Technol and Merrill Lynch, has pharmaceutical plants in cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou in China.
The capacity of these factories has been limited by China ’ s previous strict epidemic prevention policies.
Even though the control has been almost liberalized recently, the continuous positive performance of workers has also affected factory capacity to a certain extent.
In addition, transportation problems can also lead to drug shortages, and international shipping has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.
But despite this, some pharmaceutical companies say that there is no problem with the supply of drugs, there is sufficient stock, but it only takes time to get to the major supermarkets and pharmacies.
When people make decisions, they are more or less unavoidably influenced by their surroundings.
The same is true in the case of drugs.
The recently criticized and controversial supermarket drug purchase behavior is actually the product driven by profit under the "drug demand" and "panic stocking".
Of course, it is not difficult to predict that with the change of time, the flu season slowly ends and the recovery of supply capacity, everything will gradually be on track.
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Each year, roughly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer, and for some, getting the proper treatment has become a very serious waiting game.

This week, the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Health jointly launched a probe seeking information on how middlemen — group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and drug wholesalers — may be contributing to a lack of chemotherapies and other generic drugs.

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While various cancer treatments have gone in and out of short supply for years, the problem became particularly acute in 2023. In May, a survey from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found that 93% of treatment centers reported they were short on carboplatin and 70% reported they were short on cisplatin. Those two drugs are used together and are prescribed to 10% to 20% of cancer patients. Those shortage rates dropped in the fall, but still sat at uncomfortably high levels, with many patients experiencing longer wait times between chemo sessions.

Access to raw materials for making drugs and an increase in patients play a part in the shortages, but the FTC and the Health Department suspect the middlemen buying and selling the medications might be at the heart of the issue:

  • Hospital transactions for medications are controlled almost entirely by three GPOs — Vizient, Premier, and HealthTrust — that purchase drugs on behalf of health centers, and three wholesalers — AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson — that supply 90% of the pharmaceuticals, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  • Doctors, drugmakers, and patient advocate groups have argued that because the three GPOs represent so many hospitals, they’re able to win extremely low prices from wholesalers. But the prices may be so low that some drugmakers slash production or stop making the drugs entirely if they feel they can no longer turn a profit.

“For years Americans have faced acute shortages of critical drugs, from chemotherapy to antibiotics, endangering patients,” said FTC Chair Lina Khan. “Our inquiry requests information on the factors driving these shortages and scrutinizes the practices of opaque drug middlemen.”

A Growing Concern: A short supply of cancer treatments isn’t a great development, especially with new evidence that the disease is on the rise among younger generations. Most cancer patients are 65 and older, but one study published in JAMA last summer found cancer rates among people 50 and younger are going up, mostly driven by women and people in their 30s.

Healthcare systems have adopted various coping strategies.

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The Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a short, medium and long-term strategy to deal with the current 5 coping mechanisms.
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According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the shortage of drugs is not a single factor, but includes supply problems, manufacturing problems, clinical demand factors, uneven distribution of drugs, drug use habits and drug prices. In addition to dealing with the relatively high clinical demand items, it is properly allocated to all levels of medical institutions and pharmacies to fully meet the needs of clinical end-use drugs.
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In the face of the shortage of drugs, Wang said, the existing health insurance uses five major coping mechanisms, including 1, a single processing window, a dedicated person to help deal with the problem of drug purchase, and contact the Food and Drug Administration to put relevant information on the website of the NHI. (4) Drug price adjustment mechanism that does not meet the cost can be re-checked according to the way of raising the price of special drugs; (5) Alternative drugs can still declare the cost, if they are not irreplaceable, they can be replaced at the same price or lower than the original prescription drug price.
In addition, Wang pointed out that in the face of the international epidemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and labor shortage, drug shortage is a problem facing all countries. In order to strengthen the stable supply mechanism of drugs in China, the Ministry of Health and Welfare continues to actively respond to the short-term strategy to solve the problem of drug shortage. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the pharmaceutical industry have made every effort to actively arrange production lines, strive for early import, increase production / import quantity, and properly distribute to all levels of medical institutions and pharmacies to fully meet the demand for clinical end use drugs.
In addition, to properly handle the issue of drug price adjustment, the Central Health Insurance Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare intends to implement the "Universal Health Insurance Cost Distribution Target System (DET)" in April this year, which will adjust the number of drug prices and adjust the quota in a suitable manner, taking into account factors such as the epidemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war and inflation.
In terms of medium-term strategy, Wang said that he will establish a permanent drug shortage treatment center and optimize drug supply information transmission.
In order to speed up the handling of drug shortage incidents, we will adopt dedicated personnel and cross-departmental cooperation to develop drug shortage prevention policies to prevent drug shortage in advance, strengthen cross-departmental data integration and proactive monitoring to detect drug shortage incidents at an early stage, and intervene early through cross-departmental cooperation to stabilize drug supply.
At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to disseminate drug supply and alternative drug information through various channels. In addition to posting on the “Drug Supply Information Platform ”, the FDA will notify medical institutions and pharmacies through VPN, and weekly letters to relevant medical associations and public associations to inform members. Management system.
In the long-term strategy section, it includes reviewing the current health insurance drug pricing policy and encouraging the production of domestically manufactured generic drugs.
Wang Bi-sheng pointed out that in the review of the current health insurance drug price policy, including the development of the price protection of indicative drugs, drug price review for the lack of drugs; start the review of drug expenditure target (DET), plan the establishment of a risk control mechanism, plan the national unified procurement trial plan; comprehensively review the health insurance drug price policy, give an appropriate price protection mechanism for necessary drugs, and also target the patent period. To encourage the production of domestic manufacturers to ensure that when there is a shortage of original pharmaceutical products, there are domestic famous drugs to respond.
Wang also stressed that the Food and Drug Administration has set up a "Drug Supply Information Platform" (https: / / dsms.fda.gov.tw /), reporting hotline (02) 27878249. If medical institutions and pharmacies have any shortage of drugs, they can go to the platform for enquiry or notification, and the department will deal with it immediately.
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The shortage of medicines in the United States last year increased compared to 2021 by 30%, according to The New York Times.
However, the article notes that the growing shortage of inexpensive but critical drugs poses a national security threat to the United States.
The growing shortage of inexpensive but critical drugs poses a threat to U.S. national security and forces hospitals to make “terrible ” choices, writes The New York Times, citing a report prepared for hearings in the U.S. Senate.
According to this report, the shortage of medicines last year increased by almost 30% compared to 2021, with an average shortage of medicines observed for 18 months, and for some drugs – 15 years.
Among the drugs in short supply are conventional antibiotics and anesthetics, the article said.
Senator Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan and chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, said that these problems are related to economic factors, an opaque supply chain and the fact that 80% to 90% of some products are made abroad.
“Taken together, these underlying causes not only raise serious concerns about ensuring proper patient care, but also pose a serious threat to national security, ” Peters said.
Dr. Andrew Schumann, an oncology surgeon from Michigan, told senators at the hearing that the shortage of drugs in his field is "a tragedy occurring in slow motion."
As Schumann noted, recently due to the shortage of one cheap, but well-proven cancer drug, he had to choose which patients will receive this drug.
The article notes that many of the cheapest drugs tend to be made in countries such as India and China, where they are inexpensive to manufacture.
However, this concentration of production capacity creates an additional level of vulnerability to problems such as natural disasters and political unrest, emphasizes The New York Times.
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