The head of department said that social networks provided only “formal answers” ​​to the requirement to localize data.

Roskomnadzor started administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter because of the refusal to keep databases of Russian users in Russia. As s informed by the press service of the ministry, social networks provided only “formal answers” ​​to specific requirements.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Companies that manage Facebook and Twitter social networks provided formal answers to our requirements to confirm the localization of personal data of Russian users in Russia. They do not contain specifics about the actual implementation of the legislation at the current moment, nor about the timing of the implementation of these standards in the future.[/perfectpullquote] [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]In this regard, today Roskomnadzor begins administrative proceedings against both companies.[/perfectpullquote] press service of Roskomnadzor.

On December 18, Roskomnadzor sent notifications to Twitter and Facebook about the need to comply with the law on storing user data in Russia and gave a response for a month. On January 18, the social networks gave the agency information about the localization of Russian databases. The head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov,said that we are not talking about blocking Twitter and Facebook yet. . They were threatened with fines of 5 thousand rubles.