Facebook and Twitter may be fined $15630 in Russia

According to the ministry, companies may face fines ranging from 1 million to 6 million rubles

Roskomnadzor brought a lawsuit against Facebook and Twitter. The reason for this is that representatives of US companies provide information. He also has not yet been able to provide information about the localization of the consumer database from Russia.

Representatives of Roskomnadzor stated. “The companies indicated did not provide information on the servers in the Russian Federation. The company is not fulfilled requirements to meet the needs of localizing Russian users database of similar social networks.

The results of the investigation. Accordingly, companies face a fine of 1 to 6 million rubles. The administrative crime protocol will bee sent to court within 3 business days. It is clear that a representative from Twitter came to sign the protocol, but not from Facebook. ۔

In January 2019, Roskomnadzor had already fined the companies. And ordered Russia to hold a database of Russian data for up to nine months. Then the recovery amount was small and the amount was 3,000 rubles. Companies can now be-fined between 1 and 6 million rubles. And repeated violations – from 6 to 18 million rubles.

Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit against Facebook and Twitter

Roskomnadzor opened a lawsuit against US companies Facebook and Twitter. Because they did not provide Russia with a Russian user database localized in a timely manner. This was reporteds to reporters at the department’s press service on Friday.

The companies could face between 1 million and 6 million ruble fines, Roskomnadzor reminded.

The relevant protocol will be sents to the court within three business days. The agency noted that a Twitter correspondent was present to sign the protocol. A Facebook representative was not present.

According to Roskomnadzor, the companies violated Article 19.7 of the Russian Federation Code of Conduct. The company failed to present or prematurely submit to a competent organization pursuant to federal rules for carrying out state surveillance.

The requirements for the report on the localization of the Russian user database in Russia were sent by Facebook to Twitter. And Twitter in late December 2018, but the agency received no specific response.

In late January 2019, Roskomnadzor launched administrative action against Facebook and Twitter. The companies found 3,000 rubles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in December 2019. The purpose is to introduced companies with multimillion-dollar fines for refusing to transfer data from Russian consumers to Russia. Therefore, in the case of the first infringement. The legal violations can charge one million to 6 million rubles. In the case of the second violation – 6 million to 18 million rubles.

Source = TASS