The Russian authorities have Facebook, Google and Twitter threatened to block if the companies do not comply with the Internet laws in the country, let Reuters know. The Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor would be possible to lock up the app stores of Apple and Google.
Roskomnadzor, Facebook, Google and Twitter sent a letter to the US companies are asked to adhere to the Russian Internet law. Because of the encryption used by the companies would not be possible to block specific sites, so that in the event of unwelcome content is an entire block, the only solution.
The Russian Internet law states that companies must hand over information about Russian bloggers with more than 3,000 readers per day and websites need to get the air that can cause, according to the media watchdog unrest. Critics see the law as internet censorship. Russian bloggers have so many followers officially register their identity and must be confirmed by a public authority.
The Russian authorities have also demanded that the media watchdog parts of the Apple App Store and Google Play will block because there Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and works of Islamic writer Sa’id bin Ali bin Al Wahf Qahtani be found, reports Izvestia. If the blockage is introduced it will be the first time that the Russian authorities to block the app stores. A spokesman for Roskomnadzor is the presence of the aforementioned literature “barbaric”. However, there would be sought a peaceful solution, the media watchdog has asked Apple and Google to remove the content.
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