Among other things, internet companies are required to store six months' worth of user data and be ready to hand them over to authorities.
How a catfish posing as TV heartthrob Lincoln Lewis built a web of lies to stalk women — with devastating consequences. Russian authorities last year issued an order to ban messaging app Telegram after it refused to hand over user data. Some top Russian officials, including the FSB chief, attacked Telegram, claiming"extremists" used the platform to plot terrorist attacks.Social network LinkedIn has also refused to comply with requirements that personal data on Russian citizens be stored on servers within Russia.A total of 175 online services are on the Russian authorities list requiring them to hand over user data to Russian authorities.