Russian court upholds LinkedIn Ban

Q.  LinkedIn was blocked in which country on 10th Nov 2016?
- Published on 14 Nov 16

a. Russia
b. Siberia
c. Ethiopia
d. Nigeria

ANSWER: Russia
 
Russian court upholds LinkedIn BanThe Russian court on 10th Nov 2016 upheld a decision to block the website of social networking company LinkedIn
  • Russia’s Roskomnadzor communications group has said LinkedIn which has more than 6 million registered users in Russia, was violating a law requiring websites which store personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers
  • Moscow indicated that the law introduced in 2014 but never previously enforced, is aimed at protecting Russian personal data
  • Critics indicated this was an attack on social networking in a country which has tightened control over the internet in recent years
  • Moscow’s Tagansky District Court ruled in August that LinkedIn site should be blocked, but the decision has not come into force pending a company appeal
  • While some companies such as online reservation site booking.com has indicated they will transfer data to Russian servers, it is unclear whether others like Google and FB will comply with the Russian law

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