Russia opens civil cases against Facebook, Twitter: report

ronjor · Jan 21, 2019

January 21, 2019 Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky

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.
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mirimir · Jan 21, 2019

I'm not sure how to think about this, from perspectives of freedom and privacy. On the one hand, it's prudent for the Russian government to want its citizens' data to be more secure from the NSA etc. As I recall, Brazil had made similar noises.

But on the other, as for any country, most Russian citizens are arguably at more risk from their own government than from others. I'm reminded of Venezuela's recent talk of controlling its chunk of the Internet.

guest · Apr 13, 2019

Russia Fines Facebook $47 Over Citizens' Data Privacy Dispute
April 12, 2019
https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/russia-data-localization.html

Russia has fined Facebook with 3,000 rubles, roughly $47, for not complying with the country's controversial Data Localization law.
It's bizarre and unbelievable, but true.

In December last year, Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor sent notifications to Twitter and Facebook asking them to provide information about the location of servers that store the personal data of its citizens.
Though the social media platforms had one month to reply, they choose not to disclose this information, as a result of which Moscow's Tagansky District Court imposed 3,000 rubles fine on Twitter last week and the same on Facebook today.
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guest · Feb 2, 2020

Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook
February 2, 2020
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpres...-roskomnadzor-threatens-twitter-facebook.html

Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country.

“On January 31, 2020, Roskomnadzor instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook, Inc and Twitter, Inc ,. These companies did not provide information on meeting the requirements for localizing the databases of Russian users of the corresponding social networks on servers located in the Russian Federation, as provided for in part 5 of Article 18 of the Law on Personal Data No. 152-FZ.” states the press release published by the Russian watchdog.
Both companies could be condemned to pay a fine ranging between 1 million rubles (approximately $16,000) and 6 million rubles ($94,000).
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mirimir · Feb 3, 2020

That's like pocket change.

zapjb · Feb 3, 2020

fb makes mores than $47 every second of the day. Way to sting them.

guest · Feb 13, 2020

Russian court fines Facebook $63,000 over data law breach - RIA
February 13, 2020
https://in.reuters.com/article/russ...-63000-over-data-law-breach-ria-idINKBN2071UT

A Russian court fined social media company Facebook 4 million roubles ($62,922) on Thursday for its failure to comply with a Russian data law, the RIA news agency reported.
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Facebook for its refusal to put its server holding data about Russian citizens on Russian territory, after earlier handing Twitter an identical fine for the same offence.

($1 = 63.5700 roubles)
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Russian court fines Twitter $63,000 over data law - RIA

A Russian court on Thursday fined social media company Twitter 4 million roubles ($62,845) for its failure to comply with a Russian data law, the RIA news agency reported.
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Twitter for its refusal to put its server holding data about Russian citizens on Russian territory.
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ronjor · Feb 14, 2020

Twitter, Facebook Fined for Not Moving User Data to Russia

By Associated Press on February 14, 2020
A court in Moscow fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each Thursday for refusing to store the personal data of Russian citizens on servers in Russia, the largest penalties imposed on Western technology companies under internet use laws.
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