While talking to the local media, Zharov said that while the country understands Facebook's "unique service", it will not make any exceptions. It is unclear what exactly has triggered this latest reaction from Moscow, but the Kaspersky ban in the US could very well be the reason.
Russian chief of the Federal Communications Agency, Alexander Zharov, said today that the country will work to " make Facebook comply with the law" that requires foreign companies to store personal data in Russia. Russia has now officially threatened to block Facebook next year if it refuses to comply with data storage requirements. The move was criticized by the tech industry and privacy advocates alike since they believed that the US government was only setting a dangerous precedent for other countries to demand access to data, since after all their citizens are also using the same services. The country has also been pushing the tech companies ( more notoriously, Google) to hand over user data even if it has been stored outside of the United States, creating concerns internationally. The US government earlier this month issued a notice, blocking Moscow-based Kaspersky from federal agencies and departments. The pressure isn't surprising especially when viewed under the ongoing political turmoil between Washington and Moscow. Moscow, however, has officially threatened Facebook that it will block access to the company and its services if the US social networking giant doesn't store user data locally. Russia threatens to block Facebook in 2018Ĭhina blocking WhatsApp isn't official yet and may well be a limited block until the political summit that starts on October 18.
While China has been designing cybersecurity laws and regulations that make sure that only those companies who comply with the country and its incessant data requests (we are looking at you, WeChat) are allowed in the country, Russia is increasingly doing the same, if not more.
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