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Twitter has reportedly agreed to comply with Russia\u2019s Big Brother law \u2013 which forces tech companies to store data on Russian soil. Russia\u2019s Big Brother laws, passed in July of 2016, force companies like Twitter to store all of the personal user data they have on Russians, in Russia. \u00a0While Twitter declined to make any sort of official comment on the matter, a source close to Twitter told TechCrunch<\/a>\u00a0claimed that no guarantees had been made, though talks were ongoing. Roskamnadzor head Aleksander Zharov told RT<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cTwitter has formally confirmed in a letter that it will relocate bases with personal data of Russians to Russia\u2019s servers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter currently stores no user data in Russia. According to the Roskamnadzor, Twitter will have migrated servers by mid 2018 and will join Apple and Google in complying with Russia\u2019s data localization laws.<\/p>\n

Twitter is Russia\u2019s Big Brother law\u2019s newest victim, but not its only one<\/h2>\n

Russia even plans to enlist VPNs and proxies<\/a> in their internet censorship war, and will block those services that do not acquiesce. It\u2019s worth noting that Private Internet Access closed its servers in Russia, and doesn\u2019t intend to return because of this change in legislation as well as other illegal actions by the Russian government. In July of 2016, Russia passed a series of laws which Edward Snowden referred to as \u201can unworkable, unjustifiable violation of rights.\u201d The laws aren\u2019t even popular with the ISPs and telcos that need to enforce them given that the burden of cost is all on them.<\/p>\n

Around the world, companies that wish to service Russian internet users have had to make decisions on whether to store personal data about Russians in Russia to be in compliance with the new laws which would give up all personal information about their Russian users to the Russian government \u2013 something that happens by design under the Russian Big Brother laws. Some companies, like Microsoft\u2019s Linkedin, have chosen to leave Russia, and have been added to the Roskamnadzor\u2019s blacklist for that reason. Others, like Twitter, have chosen to acquiesce \u2013 potentially putting metadata about\u00a0Russian activists on twitter under the direct control\u00a0of the Russian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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