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Russia Fines Facebook $50 For Failing To Comply With Local Data Privacy Law (zdnet.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the that'll-teach-em dept.

Russia is fining Facebook a whopping 3,000 rubles (approximately $47) for failing to comply with the country's data privacy law and store data of Russian Facebook users on servers located inside Russia. The fine serves as a stern warning for any social media company who thinks about violating its data privacy laws: Russia is not messing around. ZDNet reports: The legal proceedings started after a complaint from Roskomnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), the country's telecommunications watchdog. Roskomnadzor lodged a complaint after Facebook failed to comply with Russia's data localization legislation -- Federal Law No. 242-FZ. Adopted on December 31, 2014, the law entered into effect on September 1, 2015. According to this legislation, all domestic and foreign companies that accumulate, store, or process the data of Russian citizens must do it on servers physically located inside Russia's borders.

Russian authorities have very rarely enforced this new law. The most high-profile case remains LinkedIn, which Roskomnadzor banned in November 2016, and the site remains blocked to this day, according to Roskomnadzor's list of banned sites that local ISPs must block on their networks. Russian news agency Interfax, which broke the story earlier today, said Facebook did not represent itself in court. Interfax also reports that Twitter was fined the same sum last week.

46 comments

  1. Fuck Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Degenerates. Alcoholic Slav trash.

  2. It's ok, Moscow Donald will take care of it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I guess we should look on the bright side... at least Russia is only lightly fining the social media platforms it used to interfere in our election with the support of our Treasonous "President".

    Maybe Donald Should suck Vladimir Putin's murderous sleazy cock in public more so Russia will cut us a sweet deal on some sweet crude oil?

    1. Re:It's ok, Moscow Donald will take care of it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I guess we should look on the bright side... at least Russia is only lightly fining the social media platforms it used to interfere in our election with the support of our Treasonous "President".

      Maybe Donald Should suck Vladimir Putin's murderous sleazy cock in public more so Russia will cut us a sweet deal on some sweet crude oil?

      Yeah, right, sure.

      Now that the "collusion" keg is empty, you TDS-addled fools have moved on to drinking the Drano you found under the sink in an attempt to keep the drunken bender going.

      And gotten even crazier.

      Now, your front-running Socialist has admitted that he's a capitalist-made millionaire.

      Has your head exploded yet?

      I'm getting popcorn, cuz you crazies are going to got even more batshit insane when the AG gets into how the Obama administration got started spying on the Trump campaign and the leaks implicating Comey, Brennan, and Clapper and maybe even Obama and Hillary start.

      And drag the entire Democratic Party down the drain.

      Trump wins in 2020 - his approval rating is already higher than Obama's ever was - and the Republicans reclaim the House, and Trump gets to place 3-4 more Federalist Society-approved Justices on the Supreme Court, if not 5 or 6.

      I'm ROFLMAO and getting popcorn.

    2. Re: It's ok, Moscow Donald will take care of it. by DrLudicrous · · Score: 1

      Actually, Obamaâ(TM)s highest rating was 16% higher than Trumpâ(TM)s. Given your tone and inability to do even superficial research, I think itâ(TM)s safe to say you donâ(TM)t know shit from shinola.

    3. Re: It's ok, Moscow Donald will take care of it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bush had an approval rating of 90% for a short while. Still a shit president.

  3. Sounds like disagreement about the law by ZorinLynx · · Score: 1

    Within the government, that is. The judicial folks enforcing the law probably think it's bullshit, so they just apply a slap on the wrist as a way of saying "We really don't give a shit."

    Whoever lobbied to get the laws passed is probably pissed now. This will likely cause more drama going forward.

    1. Re:Sounds like disagreement about the law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No. Facebook decided to play ball, unlike LinkedIn.

      Chances are some of Russia's enemies of the state got offed as a result of Facebook's help in the matter. Quid pro quo.

  4. It's ok, Moscow Hillary will take care of it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I guess we should look on the bright side... at least Russia is only lightly fining the social media platforms it used to interfere in our election with the support of our Treasonous presidential "Candidate" and various clowns from the intelligence agencies.

    Maybe Hillary Should suck Vladimir Putin's murderous sleazy cock in private again so Russia will cut us a sweet deal on buying more plutonium?

    1. Re: It's ok, Moscow Hillary will take care of it by DrLudicrous · · Score: 0

      Yeah, selling all our plutonium mines was a bad idea. You thought there plutonium mines there for a second. Fucking idiot.

  5. No Need For A Lawyer by WankerWeasel · · Score: 3

    "Russian news agency Interfax, which broke the story earlier today, said Facebook did not represent itself in court." Well no crap. It'd cost you more to send a lawyer to show up in court for 15 minutes than it would to pay that fine.

    1. Re:No Need For A Lawyer by roman_mir · · Score: -1

      that's not the point, whether FB shows up in that 'court' or not is irrelevant, FB will not move data to russia and russian monkey 'court' will never accept that because russian mafia government headed by the war criminal, murderer, marauder, thief putin must be able to silence any opposition.

      There are a number of protests happening in russia currently or just happened in the last month in Ingushetia, Arhangelsk and other places for different reasons, the main stream bought and paid for media did not cover *any* of it, it's as if it doesn't exist. If you do cover it in russia you are now in violation of 'fake news' laws and a system like FB or any other that doesn't keep personal user information in russia on servers located in russia cannot be forced to disclose private information (real names, addresses, contacts) of people who are sharing this information.

      People in russia today end up in jail for commenting on news, for 'liking' news, it's a complete sham of a 'democratic' society (and I am not for any sort of democratic elections personally, but if you are you are being hoodwinked by putin and his minions).

      Russian leadership needs to be put down like the dogs they are but I think it should be best left to the russian people who should really get fed up with this nonsense at some point and put putin's head on a spike.

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      You can't handle the truth.
    2. Re:No Need For A Lawyer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The 50$ fine is irrelevant. Important is that Facebook has been found guilty. Now they have to either change their behavior and store the information on servers in Russia, or the they can be blocked, like linked-in is.

    3. Re:No Need For A Lawyer by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Hey look at that, we can actually agree on something! Didn't think we'd find something we have in common, and if it's only disgust for Putin and his cronies.

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  6. EU charges $Billion each time!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    EU charges like $Billion each time average!!!
    I think they started after seeing how easy to milk American companies billions!!!
    Did it started after MS paid it EU first in the 90s???

    1. Re:EU charges $Billion each time!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Yes, but the EU is a communist state and Russia is not.

    2. Re:EU charges $Billion each time!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, but the EU is a communist state and Russia is not.

      The EU is not a state.

    3. Re: EU charges $Billion each time!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Did it started"

      Can you even English ?

  7. Good job! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Good job, Russia! Oh, wait, Russia not EU? Boo bad, Russia is the bad guy!

  8. Obligitory by ArhcAngel · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, social media something something...

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    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
  9. currency conversion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    USD$50, what's that, about 50M ruples?

    1. Re: currency conversion by p91paul · · Score: 1

      RTFS!

  10. local ISPs must block on their networks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See that? ISPs must block. That is the problem with the internet today. It's too easy to block.

    1. Re:local ISPs must block on their networks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It is really not hard to bypass these type of blocks. People have been going around the Great Firewall of China since it's inception. Russia has turned into a little bitch living in a fantasy world. Their politicians and media outlets lie, bluster, and obfuscate more than Trump and that is saying a lot. Today a country needs at least 2 things to claim their status of a world power. The economy and military strength. The state of California has a higher GDP than all of Russia so their economic power compared to the US and China. And they are militarily basically consist of thousands of an aging nuclear weapons which they cannot use without dooming themselves to oblivion. Their conventional forces are don't come close to the US forces arrayed around the world.

    2. Re:local ISPs must block on their networks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Once dollar crashes, and it will the moment Saudi Arabia starts selling oil in something other than dollar, what do you think will happen to US economy?

      Russians did pretty well in Syria, while "conventional" US forces only fight by throwing stacks of money at someone else to do their fighting. US has distinguished itself for the last few decades by attacking tiny weak nations, and then a decade or so later pulling out with tail between its legs. Not military's fault really, but weak and changing political will. Today US wants to do one thing, tomorrow it does a 180 and wants something opposite (ex: Taliban). Anyone in the world would be crazy to give US any kind of long term trust, the country has ADD, doesn't commit to anything.

    3. Re:local ISPs must block on their networks. by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Yes, now would you please shut up so the powers that are can continue to think that they actually have a say in what we can and cannot see? Thank you.

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      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
    4. Re:local ISPs must block on their networks. by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      As soon as anyone starts even thinking about selling oil in anything but dollars, you'll see a carrier park in front of their capital and the spin machine turn them into teh evilz of the world.

      Worked in Iraq, Iran and Venecuela (and after Iraq nobody was cocky enough to say "dare ya" anymore), will work in Saudi Arabia if needed.

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
    5. Re: local ISPs must block on their networks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you want to be an effective troll, learn English.

  11. Putin knows! Jew control? Throttle their gold! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Khazar Talmudic Jews believe this of all they call goyim/gentiles (any non-jew): Jews = biggest racists of all for which they "jew guilt" you for no less! They're hypocrites known as thieves all thru history or were Argentines in the 1940 under Peron, Spanish inquistion, France (1306), Egypt (despoiled/robbed by jews), Arabs (pre & post 1948), England (1330 Edward longshanks), Romans under titus, Russia pogroms and Germany who got rid of them from their nations nazi german's too? No. Driven into DESERTS ages ago! Don't wonder why after all those exilings above.

    Should anyone doubt any of this see Jacob Javits' crony Rosenthal spill the beans on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zMVZ8HnFI/ where he called all Christianity fools for helping Israel and the biggest scam of all time per their beliefs below from their Talmud.

    This is the province of the synagogue of Satan (Pharisees whom Jesus Christ himself kicked to the curb out of the temple & they killed him for it. Jeremiah did the same to them also + the Essenes could not stand them either breaking away from the pharisee corruption):

    Mark Zuckerberg stole the Winklevoss twins' code for Fakebook (figures as he is a thieving low jew too).

    Maria Abramovic satanist spirit cooker pal of Hillary Clinton the Voodoo queen is a jew https://www.google.com/search?...

    Like Hillary Clinton's mentor Saul Alinsky author of rules for radicals book dedicated to Lucifer

    "Most Jews do not like to admit it, but our god is Lucifer Â- so I wasnÂ't lying Â- and we are his chosen people. Lucifer is very much aliveÂ" Harold Rosenthal http://www.thetruthseeker.co.u...

    Jewish rabbi openly admits to satan worship use white children's blood they kill for passover bread, infiltrating and subverting the catholic church, creating the Jesuit order https://www.youtube.com/watch?... and https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Barbara Spectre, a jew, tells everyone it's jews orchestrating the muslim migrant problem in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0qAiofMQ/ . No migrant raping of women in Poland. Tons in Sweden. Do the math. Use common-sense. This is to get muslims and other goyim/gentiles to wipe one another out as incompatible cultures that will clash and always have.

    Rabbi A. Finkelstein ADMITS their greatest enemies are ARABS and WHITES (blacks too) whom they wish to kill one another in a 'theater of war' which they find AMUSING https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS DID 9/11 (perpetrated by the Mossad & Bebe Netanyahu of ISRAEL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?... profiting by it (and that 3,000 jews employed there did not show up for work that day knowing about it beforehand).

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS are going to destroy the U.S. Dollar and dumping it for other world currencies and gold to destroy the United States.

    George Soros who funds groups to create division in the USA?? A jew. One who sold his own jew people into death for the nazis.

    Zucker now FIRED @ CNN is another frying publicly for lying about "russians" and John Bonifield a producer @ CNN said it is bs. Van Jones did also.

    Bernie Madoff (who made off with everyone's money, especially construction union pensions) shows the thieving nature of the JUDEN!

    Michael Milken (another JEW SCAMMER junk bondsman THIEF)

    Ivan Boesky

    1. Re:Putin knows! Jew control? Throttle their gold! by beep54 · · Score: 1

      Just had to do it again. I guess if you post something twice, people will be SURE to read it or something.

    2. Re:Putin knows! Jew control? Throttle their gold! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Simon WEASELthal Jew can you explain why your asses got kicked nation to nation for 1,000's of years SCUMBAG pig you and yours are? No, not unless you state truth (alien to JEW liars). Your stupid ass makes me laugh at you. Everyone worldwide always has you deluded fucking megalomaniacs. You will destroy yourselves in my lifetime. You always do. See your history. Deny it.

  12. Putin knows: Jew control? Throttle their gold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Khazar Talmudic Jews believe this of all they call goyim/gentiles (any non-jew): Jews = biggest racists of all for which they "jew guilt" you for no less! They're hypocrites known as thieves all thru history or were Argentines in the 1940 under Peron, Spanish inquistion, France (1306), Egypt (despoiled/robbed by jews), Arabs (pre & post 1948), England (1330 Edward longshanks), Romans under titus, Russia pogroms and Germany who got rid of them from their nations nazi german's too? No. Driven into DESERTS ages ago! Don't wonder why after all those exilings above.

    Should anyone doubt any of this see Jacob Javits' crony Rosenthal spill the beans on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zMVZ8HnFI/ where he called all Christianity fools for helping Israel and the biggest scam of all time per their beliefs below from their Talmud.

    This is the province of the synagogue of Satan (Pharisees whom Jesus Christ himself kicked to the curb out of the temple & they killed him for it. Jeremiah did the same to them also + the Essenes could not stand them either breaking away from the pharisee corruption):

    Mark Zuckerberg stole the Winklevoss twins' code for Fakebook (figures as he is a thieving low jew too).

    Maria Abramovic satanist spirit cooker pal of Hillary Clinton the Voodoo queen is a jew https://www.google.com/search?...

    Like Hillary Clinton's mentor Saul Alinsky author of rules for radicals book dedicated to Lucifer

    "Most Jews do not like to admit it, but our god is Lucifer Â- so I wasnÂ't lying Â- and we are his chosen people. Lucifer is very much aliveÂ" Harold Rosenthal http://www.thetruthseeker.co.u...

    Jewish rabbi openly admits to satan worship use white children's blood they kill for passover bread, infiltrating and subverting the catholic church, creating the Jesuit order https://www.youtube.com/watch?... and https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Barbara Spectre, a jew, tells everyone it's jews orchestrating the muslim migrant problem in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0qAiofMQ/ . No migrant raping of women in Poland. Tons in Sweden. Do the math. Use common-sense. This is to get muslims and other goyim/gentiles to wipe one another out as incompatible cultures that will clash and always have.

    Rabbi A. Finkelstein ADMITS their greatest enemies are ARABS and WHITES (blacks too) whom they wish to kill one another in a 'theater of war' which they find AMUSING https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS DID 9/11 (perpetrated by the Mossad & Bebe Netanyahu of ISRAEL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?... profiting by it (and that 3,000 jews employed there did not show up for work that day knowing about it beforehand).

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS are going to destroy the U.S. Dollar and dumping it for other world currencies and gold to destroy the United States.

    George Soros who funds groups to create division in the USA?? A jew. One who sold his own jew people into death for the nazis.

    Zucker now FIRED @ CNN is another frying publicly for lying about "russians" and John Bonifield a producer @ CNN said it is bs. Van Jones did also.

    Bernie Madoff (who made off with everyone's money, especially construction union pensions) shows the thieving nature of the JUDEN!

    Michael Milken (another JEW SCAMMER junk bondsman THIEF)

    Ivan Boesky

    1. Re:Putin knows: Jew control? Throttle their gold by Garen · · Score: 1

      It's time to take your meds.

    2. Re:Putin knows: Jew control? Throttle their gold by beep54 · · Score: 1

      What a ridiculous rant. Have to wonder how much damn time you wasted typing up this steaming pile of crap.

    3. Re:Putin knows: Jew control? Throttle their gold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Oh stupid Jew can you explain why your asses got kicked nation to nation for 1,000's of years SCUMBAG pig you and yours are? No, not unless you state truth (alien to JEW liars). Your stupid ass makes me laugh at you. Everyone worldwide always has you deluded fucking megalomaniacs. You will destroy yourselves in my lifetime. You always do. See your history. Deny it.

  13. The point is authority to block by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The fine ($50) is not relevant (everyone agrees that Facebook or Twitter could pay it in a few seconds of profits). The point is that with the decision the Russian government now has the authority to place the sites on their national ISP block list whenever they want.

  14. Liability? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is paying a fine an admission of guilt? What about an acceptance of liability?

  15. Garen the JEW reveals himself hahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Garen the JEW reveals himself hahaha with std. SHUL reply https://hardware.slashdot.org/... that fails.

  16. 1st post since 2014 sockpuppeteer JEW? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    1st post since 2014 sockpuppet JEW? Hehehe you've been summoned & SILENCED https://slashdot.org/comments.... transparent JEW https://slashdot.org/~Garen proof's in your history (as it is about you DESTROYING yourselves you STUPID juden as always in your shitbag history of thievery CHILD OF CAIN darkie).

    1. Re:1st post since 2014 sockpuppeteer JEW? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      High priest from SHUL made silent and caught pulling JEW TRIX? Oy VEY!

  17. As Wile E. Coyote said to RoadRunner? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    As Wile E. Coyote said to RoadRunner? "Beep beep MY ASS" Jew https://news.slashdot.org/comm... how many fake accounts you got JEW pig?

  18. As Wile E. Coyote said to RoadRunner? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    As Wile E. Coyote said to RoadRunner? "Beep beep MY ASS" Jew https://news.slashdot.org/comm... how many fake accounts you got JEW pig?

  19. Sounds like India by Strider- · · Score: 1

    I was once in India for work, and failed to follow through on some bureaucratic paperwork that no one told me about. Once I figured things out, and went and filled the paper work, the bureaucrat goes "Oh, Mr. Strider-, there is a fine because you failed to fill out the paperwork." "How much?" "300 Rupees" "done."

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    ...si hoc legere nimium eruditionis habes...
    1. Re:Sounds like India by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      This wasn't uncommon in former Soviet East Europe too. Certain import/export papers you needed were pretty much impossible to get. You could of course request them and with a few months of processing time you'd get them... or you'd simply accept the "fine" of about 10 bucks (west money, of course, payable immediately ... yeah ... right...) and suddenly the required forms miraculously appeared, pre-stamped and approved.

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  20. In Soviet Facebook... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    In Soviet Facebook, fines pay you!

  21. ALL YOUR FACEBOOK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ARE BELONG TO (r)US(sia)

  22. why charge them only this much? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I mean, the law has a very good standing. If data and traffic is not local, you can't enforce your own laws on it, but why charge only this much?