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Oct 26, 2016 : LinkedIn May Soon be Blocked in Russia
📅 - Russia is threatening to shut down the popular business networking site LinkedIn. The government under the leadership or Vladimir Putin, recently passed a law requiring all companies operating within Russia to store their data locally, and LinkedIn does not do that.
The law was passed in 2012, following the re-election of Putin in the wake of anti-government protests. The threat to shut down LinkedIn is the first test of the law.
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