Roskomnadzor: Twitter consistently fail to comply with the requirements of Russian laws
Administration Twitter for one year was granted almost 3 thousand Requests of the us government disclosure of personal information of users, while none of the Russian the same request has not been satisfied, said the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov. "Amazed at the position of the microblogging service Twitter regarding the implementation of the law of the various countries in which Twitter operates as a multinational Firm. Focusing on the in their official report data, the social network in 2014 satisfied almost 3000 requests the government of America disclosure of personal information of users. Of the 108 requests for disclosure of data on attendance of popular accounts of users directed to the administration of the social network by Roskomnadzor, not satisfied with any one, " said Zharov." The actual denial "requests for blocking popular opponents of the Russian government and other requirements to limit freedom of speech in relation to mass non-violent speeches in Ukraine" is also puzzling. The fact that this position was formulated in the notes to the official report, testifies that the Twitter consistently fail to comply with the requirements of Russian law. And among them are aimed at combating extremism. The Roskomnadzor Vsplanet predictable question of the acceptability of such a position for an organization that operates within the Russian Federation ", - noted he. Zharov said that " the appropriate official request for clarification of the position of Twitter will be formulated and forwarded to the administration of social networks in the near future." Before in the Roskomnadzor told that considered infractions of the law on personal data placement of fake accounts on social networks. February 6, in the state Duma made a proposal to legalize the pre-trial block sponsored by the U.S. government Tor project, anonymizers and VPN services that allow you to anonymously surf the Internet and go to restricted sites. 1 January 2015 entered into force the law on personal data retention, binding the organization owns and among them mail services, social networks and search engines, from 1 September 2016 to store personal data of Russian users only on servers on the territory of the Russian Federation.