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When Russia did it it was reported as "Move Seen as Part of Drive to Curtail Freedom of Information" https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-co
by thefj 6y ago
When Russia did it it was reported as "Move Seen as Part of Drive to Curtail Freedom of Information"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-control-foreign-internet-companies-1411574920 https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-cont...
- Spivak 6y agoBritish Columbia also has a similar law which has been reasonably well received.
- londons_explore 6y agoIf I make a Google Doc from British Columbia, it is transferred to and stored on 15 servers in 5 datacenters, all outside British Columbia. An image in the same document ends up in (kinda, depends how you measure) 4 servers in 3 locations - also none of them in BC. Is Google breaking the law here, or is there some exception?
- sgift 6y agoRussia is a dictatorship, the EU isn't. Two can do the same thing for different reasons.