Russia Asks Nicely…Then
September 27, 2014
I read “Russia Wants Facebook, Google, Twitter to Comply with Censorship Laws “ The idea that a nation state has laws makes sense to me. In my experience, when one does business in another country, common sense suggests that one follow the laws of the land. In Singapore, it is not a great idea to do spray paint marketing of blank concrete walls or spit gum on the sidewalk in front of a government intelligence facility. In China, it sees prudent to figure out how to work within the guidelines of a country not into the type of public complaining that takes place on talking head television shows. In Russia, I would conclude that a “request” is something to which one would attend.
The question is, “Will Facebook, Google, and Twitter get with the program?”
Another question is, “What was Mr. Putin’s nickname in Grozny?”
The write up states:
President Putin signed a law back in July that obliged all web services that are collecting data on Russian citizens to store said data in local datacenters. Of course this is not exactly good news for the likes of Twitter and Google who are storing data in much more open and democratic countries across Europe.
Okay, here are my answers to the two questions above:
Nope and the butcher of Grozny.
I do not want to predict the possible paths for those who ignore the request.
Stephen E Arnold, September 27, 2014
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