Russia plans to block Facebook
http://mexytek.blogspot.com/2017/09/russia-plans-to-block-facebook.html
Russia says it will ban Facebook in 2018 if the
social network fails to comply with local data storage laws. Alexander Zharov,
head of communications regulator Roskomnadzor, was quoted by official state
media outlets on Tuesday as saying "the law is obligatory for all."
"In all cases we will make sure the law is
complied with, or the company will stop working in the Russian
Federation," he said. "There are no exceptions here."
LinkedIn, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2016,
has already run afoul of the law. It was banned by Roskomnadzor in November
2016.
Zharov told state media that Roskomnadzor had
received a letter from Twitter saying it would comply with the data storage law
starting in 2018.
Facebook and Twitter both declined to comment.
