LinkedIn faces ban in Russia after court ruling
Found on CNet News on Thursday, 10 November 2016
Russia wouldn't be the only country to block a US social media company, China has notoriously banned Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. Russia and China have some of the world's largest populations and those users are important to social networking companies. LinkedIn, which was bought by Microsoft for $26.2 billion in June, said this decision could hurt its Russian users.
This legal debacle started in October when Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor sued LinkedIn. Roskomnadzor said that under a September 2015 law on personal data, LinkedIn could only store citizens' data on servers located in Russia.
It's pretty obvious why they want the data on servers under their jurisdiction. All it then takes is a quick raid. LinkedIn could just drop connections to Russia and put up a site telling visitors the details about the problem.