Tsar Putin brings in anti-terrorism law (Facebook impacted)

fudzilla.com ^ | Thursday, 24 April 2014 11:00 | Nick Farrell

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Skype , Gmail and Facebook could be rendered illegal

The Russian Empire has now passed a range of new ‘anti-terrorism‘ laws that which might just make Skype, Gmail and Facebook illegal unless they give information to the government. The new laws themselves require service operators to store Russian user data on servers which are physically located in the country itself.

Tsar Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin wants to access to this data whenever he feels like and that means that the servers to be located in Russia itself. Since Russia has a strange habit of expanding its borders every couple of years, they may as well be located in Poland, Moldova or Estonia. The move which will provide the Russian government with an even greater degree of control when it comes to Internet usage.

According to Yandex, a Russian based search engine, the adoption of the law will be another step towards the strengthening of state control over the Internet in Russia. This will be terrible for anyone trying to set up an internet business. It also means that Tsar Putin has the same controls over the web which has over the traditional media.

[JoeProBono]

[1rudeboy]

[Dan(9698)]

It also means that Tsar Putin has the same controls over the web which has over the traditional media.

Very similar to what Ozero has here

[Count of Monte Fisto]

Tsar Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin wants to access to this data whenever he feels like and that means that the servers to be located in Russia itself.

Is that sort of like what the NSA does by storing and monitoring every phone call and email of American citizens? Does the Russian version of the TSA grope grandmothers and toddlers at their airports?

[McGruff]

Skype , Gmail and Facebook could be rendered illegal

I think Phil Robertson did the same thing at his house.

[Cowboy Bob]

But in the US, Google and the others voluntarily hand over this information to the Obama administration.

[Navy Patriot]

I would point out that Obama has used the NSA do the same with ALL social media, to everyone in every country, but that would be racist and a Federal hate crime.