📅 - Access to LinkedIn has been blocked by Russian authorities following a court ruling saying the company has broken local storage data laws. Last week, a Moscow court ruled that LinkedIn had failed to follow a 2014 federal law mandating internet companies to store personal data of Russian citizens on local servers in Russia. The decision went into effect today.
This is the first time a social media site has been blocked in Russia.
The Russian state news agency RIA quoted an American representative as saying, “The United States is deeply concerned. We call on Russia to immediately restore access to LinkedIn.”
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