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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by mattnewton on Saturday January 07, 2017 @04:24PM (#13346729)
Because you are asking Russian citizens not talk to those companies. That is the censorship. They were giving the information up freely in exchange to linkedin's services, it is not like LinkedIn was spying and collecting the information themselves.
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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ... by beshrkayali on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:09AM (#13397617)
No. They're asking foreign companies operating in Russian to store their data within the borders of the country, where the Russian gov has control + sovereignty. When a douchebag agency like NSA/CIA have direct back access (and sometimes provided by the company), it's possible that LinkedIn is involved and is therefor spying on citizens of other countries for the benefit of the US gov.
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