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Courts in Russia ban LinkedIn with Twitter and Facebook [...]
Courts in Russia ban LinkedIn with Twitter and Facebook Possibly Following
📅 - The business social network LinkedIn was recently banned by a Russian court. This was done due to the fear of data security within the country. This was done with amendments to the Personal Data Laws in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin also banned government offices in the country from using Microsoft products. He's afraid these products may lead to a data security issue.
Microsoft owns LinkedIn, which is the reason for the ban. Only about five million users are found in Russian. The courts also threatened to ban any companies storing data of Russian citizens on servers not Russian-owned and located within the country. This could impact Twitter and Facebook, as well.
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