Roskomnadzor added Opera and Vimeo to the roster of organizers of the dissemination of information by requiring them to provide data on users at the request of Russian special services. This is stated on the official website of the Department.
Opera Software and Vimeo in the list of organizers of information dissemination that requires them to store users ‘ data on request to provide them security services. Under the so-called law on bloggers, adopted in August 2014, the services included in a list of ORI, must store data on messaging and content, and to transfer them to the FSB in case of need.
Today Roskomnadzor has removed the lock with popular messaging service WeChat and included in the register of the organizers of disseminating information.
WeChat messenger has been blocked in Russia may 5, 2017 after Roskomnadzor has not received from the management of service data for inclusion in the register of the organizers of disseminating information. According to its own data WeChat, the audience of service exceeds 890 million users in a month.
“In response to requirements of Roscomnadzor company Vimeo LLC, Opera Software AS and WeChat International Pte Ltd has provided the information necessary for inclusion in the register of the organizers of disseminating information. The company entered in the register on 3 and 10 may 2017 respectively”, – the press service of Roskomnadzor.
If the service from the registry refuses, he will face a lock on the territory of Russia. At the moment in the registry of Roscomnadzor already 80 organizers of information distribution, including the popular service for Dating Badoo, e-mail clients Mail.Ru Group and “Yandex” the social network “Vkontakte” and Dating site Mamba.
