Russia asks Facebook to comply with personal data policy

Friday, September 29, 2017 On Tuesday, Russian government internet watchdog Roskomnadzor “insisted” US-based social networking website Facebook comply with law #242 on personal data of users in order to continue operating in the country. Per law #242, user data of Russian citizens should be hosted on local servers — the rule which business-oriented networking site LinkedIn did not agree to, for which LinkedIn was eventually blocked in the country. Roskomnadzor’s