---
date: '2019-01-21'
title: 'Russia tries to force social media giants to relocate servers to Russia'
description: "The Russian government agency responsible for censorship on the Internet has accused Facebook and Twitter of failing to comply with a law requiring all servers that store personal data to be located in Russia."
tags: ['politics', 'security', 'social media']
---

**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/russia-tries-to-force-facebook-and-twitter-to-relocate-servers-to-russia/)**

> The Russian government agency responsible for censorship on the Internet has accused Facebook and Twitter of failing to comply with a law requiring all servers that store personal data to be located in Russia.

Time to exit the market.<!-- excerpt -->
