Facebook was fined 47 dollars for violating data laws

Yes, you didn't read it wrongly!

Russian lawmakers have issued a fine of 3,000 rubles (about $ 47) to Facebook, accusing them of not complying with the country's controversial Data Localization Law.

A fine level sounded odd and unbelievable, but it was actually given.

The case began in December last year when Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor sent a notice to Twitter and Facebook asking the two companies to provide information about the location of public data servers. Russian people.

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Roskomnadzor is basically a Federal agency responsible for inspection and supervision in the field of telecommunications, information technology as well as mass media. In fact, Roskomnadzor is running a large blacklist of banned websites in the Russian Federation.

Twitter and Facebook have a month to respond to Roskomnadzor's offer, and the final answer of these two social media companies is no! Of course, the side of Roskomnadzor could not be satisfied with this answer, the result was that Moscow's Tagansky district court issued a decision to sanction Twitter 3,000 rubles last week, the same 'verdict' was also given to Facebook. early yesterday.

The reason for such 'huge' fines is that this is also the minimum administrative penalty that Russian courts can apply to companies violating Article 19.7 of the Lien Administrative Code. Russia, which is refusing to provide information requested by government agencies, while the maximum penalty specified in this law does not exceed 5,000 rubles.

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In July 2014, the Russian parliament approved a decision to revise the Personal Data Act that is believed to be outdated and not keep up with the development of the internet world. The following revised regulations take effect on September 1, 2015, whereby foreign technology companies operating in the Russian Federation are required to set up personal data storage servers of Russian citizens in this country territory.

Although the fines for Facebook and Twitter seem to be symbolic and do not cause any impact on the financial situation of the two companies. However, refusing to comply with this country's data localization law could have a much more serious consequence for Facebook or Twitter in particular and foreign social media companies operating in Lien. Russian state in general. It is possible for the country to issue a ban as they did in the case of LinkedIn business social networking site at the end of 2016.

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Russia is not the first country to enact and enforce similar laws for foreign technology companies, especially in the field of social media. In May 2016, Iran also imposed new rules on all foreign messaging and social media applications, requiring these companies to complete the 'data and activity' migration. relating to Iranian citizens on servers located within the country within a year.

A country that is actively tightening data management on the internet is that China has also adopted revisions to localized data laws by the end of 2016, forcing "critical information infrastructure operators." "must store Chinese citizen data in this national border.