Roskomnadzor writes again on Facebook, Google and Twitter

Roskomnadzor sent regular letters to Facebook, Twitter and Google demanding compliance with Russian law, including the disclosure of information about traffic and blocking pages under the "Lugovoy law".

On May 20, 2015 it became known of letters which Roskomnadzor sent leadership of Facebook, Twitter and Google.

The Russian department once again demanded from foreign social networks for the enforcement of Russian legislation, in particular, the provision information about users under the so-called Bloggers Act (which requires registering with Roskomnadzor to owners of pages, including accounts in social networks, with more than 3,000 people), as well as blocking pages with information "of an extremist nature" within the framework of " Lugovoi's law ".

If Facebook, Twitter and Google continue "illegal actions" in Russia, then the law allows sanctions to be imposed on companies for this.

Roskomnadzor spokesman Vadim Ampelonsky expressed hope for progress in cooperation and the fact that " before some extreme measures, it is not a matter will come ." " We understand the significance of these resources for Russian users. As for potential sanctions, according to Russian law, this fines and page blocking, which can lead to complete inaccessibility resources on the territory of the Russian Federation due to their use of an encrypted protocol https://.>https://.">https://. However, this scenario is still unlikely ," he added.

On May 28, 2015, at a meeting between representatives of Twitter and Roskomnadzor, an agreement was reached to remove 53 links that the Russian agency considers "extremist". It is also known that Roskomnadzor specified its requests to the level of specific tweets, not accounts.

On June 1, 2015, it became known that the Twitter administration removed 32 of the 53 links that Roskomnadzor insisted on eliminating.

Sources

• Zykov Vladimir. Roskomnadzor warned Facebook, Twitter and Google of liability // News. 2015. May 20.
• Roskomnadzor does not want to block Facebook, Twitter and Google in Russia // RIA News. 2015. May 20.
• Twitter will meet Roskomnadzor and remove some of the "extremist" links // Russian telegraph. 2015. May 29.
• Twitter removed 32 links at the request of Roskomnadzor // News. 2015. June 1.