In a major development, Russia’s Federal Communications Agency has
threatened to block Facebook access by 2018 if the social networking
website doesn’t agree to store its data locally.Alexander Zharov, Chief of Russia’s communication watchdog told agencies
on Tuesday that they will work to ‘make Facebook comply with the law’
on personal data, where in foreign companies have an obligation to store
their data locally in Russia.
When the law went into effect in 2015, critics had then criticised the
move which potentially exposes the data to Russian intelligence
services. Zharov said on Tuesday that the Russian government understands
that Facebook is a “unique service” but said it will not make
exceptions and will have to block it next year if Facebook does not
comply.
The move can also be attributed to the Presidential elections that are
slated to happen in March next year. It’s widely regarded that Facebook
is the main medium used by Vladimir Putin’s opposition to coordinate
protests and make political statements.
"We understand very well that Facebook has a significant number of users
in Russia, but on the other hand, we understand that it's not a unique
service, there are other social media sites," said Zharov.
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