Russia Prosecutes WhatsApp For User Data Violation

Russia sued Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ:FB) WhatsApp for allegedly failing to restrict Russian user data on Russian territory, Reuters reports based on Interfax…
  • Russia sued Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ:FB) WhatsApp for allegedly failing to restrict Russian user data on Russian territory, Reuters reports based on Interfax news.
  • WhatsApp could be penalized between Roubles 1 million- 6 million ($13,700 to $82,250).
  • A day earlier, a Russian court penalized Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Roubles 3 million for violating personal data legislation. It also prosecuted Facebook and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) for the same offense.
  • Russia had previously penalized Google and Twitter for retaining banned content.
  • Price action: FB shares traded lower by 0.92% at $355.02 on the last check Friday.
  • Photo by Rachit Tank on Unsplash
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