Vastavam web: Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers, Russian news agencies reportedĀ on Tuesday.The threat was made by Russiaās communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, agencies said, the organisation which blocked access to LinkedInās website last November in order to comply with a court ruling that found the social networking firm guilty of violating the same data storage law.
āEveryone needs to abide by the law,ā the Interfax news agency cited Roskomnadzor head Alexander Zharov as telling reportersĀ on Tuesday. āIn 2018, everything will be as it should be for sure,ā he said, referring to Facebook.āIn any case, we will either get the law implemented or the company will cease to work on the territory of the Russian Federation as unfortunately happened to LinkedIn. There canāt be any exceptions here.āāWe understand clearly that Facebook has a significant number of users on the territory of the Russian Federation,ā Zharov was cited as saying. āOn the other hand, we understand that this is not a unique service, and that there are other social media.ā