The third Uzbek-Russian media forum was held in Tashkent.
The forum was organized by the National News Agency of Uzbekistan (Uz A) in cooperation with TASS. More than 200 representatives of government agencies, media holdings, the IT sector and the creative industry took part in it.
The presidential press secretary, Sherzod Asadov, said that there are approximately 2,700 media outlets in Uzbekistan, 67% of which are private. Internet coverage reached 94 percent, and the number of active content consumers increased to 32.7 million.
Separately, he focused on the problem of disinformation: against the background of the development of artificial intelligence, the number of fakes and deep fakes doubles every year. Areas of cooperation include exchange of experience, training and joint fight against disinformation.