Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from Local App Stores

Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by moolcool on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:31AM (#13344572)

>This is not just a rogue request from some crazy official, but part of a larger plan to subdue and scare off foreign tech companies and replace them with 'local' tech, controlled by the state.

Do you think EU's heavy handed regulation on web services is similar? I think you could make the case that it's also a form of protectionism.

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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by matt4077 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:20AM (#13344834)

The comparison is obviously warranted. I'd argue that there is a difference b/c:

- The EU has a history of relatively strict data privacy laws, whereas Russia has no credibility in regards to any civil rights. whatsoever.

- The EU is a much larger market than Russia. It's therefore unlikely that any significant companies would choose to leave the EU market and create an opening for local companies. Only a few data centers may be needed in the EU, and they just don't employ people or pay taxes in relevant amount.

- Storage-in-the-EU is not actually a requirement – companies may store data anywhere as long as they can provide for the required safeguards.

- I'm not completely firm on the genesis of the new data protection regulation, but I believe it was actually a reaction to the EU's Court of Justice's rulings (the "right to be forgotten" and the Facebook case). I have a hard time believing Supreme Court justices ruling with protectionism in mind.

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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by k-mcgrady on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:00AM (#13344720)

>> "heavy handed regulation on web services"

Any you could point to? The only stuff I know of the EU regulating on is privacy/data protection (and tax but that's not a tech issue).

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