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Russia opens civil cases against Facebook,
Twitter: report
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 [January 21, 2019]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
communication watchdog said on Monday it was opening administrative
proceedings against Twitter <TWTR.N> and Facebook <FB.O> for failing to
explain how they plan to comply with local data laws, the Interfax news
agency reported.
Roskomnadzor, the watchdog, was quoted as saying that Twitter and
Facebook had not explained how and when they would comply with
legislation that requires all servers used to store Russians' personal
data to be located in Russia.
The agency's head, Alexander Zharov, was quoted as saying the companies
have a month to provide information or else action would be taken
against them.
Russia has introduced tougher internet laws in the last five years,
requiring search engines to delete some search results, messaging
services to share encryption keys with security services and social
networks to store Russian users' personal data on servers within the
country.
At the moment, the only tools Russia has to enforce its data rules are
fines that typically only come to a few thousand dollars or blocking the
offending online services, which is an option fraught with technical
difficulties.
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Facebook and Twitter logos are seen on a shop window in Malaga,
Spain, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
However, sources in November told Reuters that Moscow plans to
impose stiffer fines on technology firms that fail to comply with
Russian laws.
(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by
Raissa Kasolowsky)
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