SITUATION REPORT

Russia: Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp Fined for Not Storing Data Locally

Aug 26, 2021 | 17:32 GMT

A Russian court fined Facebook roughly $200,000 and Twitter a similar amount for multiple violations of Russia's 2014 data storage law, which requires foreign companies to store data on Russian users in Russia, while WhatsApp was handed a roughly $55,000 fine for a first-time infraction, the Moscow Times reported Aug. 26....

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