About three years ago, Putin signed a law that requires signed a law on data storage compelling tech companies doing business there that handle Russian citizen personal user data, actually store that data inside of Russia’s borders. Facebook is one of the companies not doing this and Russian representatives are now signaling that Facebook has had enough time to comply and will be possibly blocked in Russia should it continue to flaunt the law.



MOSCOW (AP) – In its latest attempt to wrest control of the Internet, Russia’s communications agency on Tuesday threatened to block access to Facebook if the company refuses to store its data locally.

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