Russia Opens Case Against WhatsApp for Violating Personal Data Law

Russia Opens Case Against WhatsApp for Violating Personal Data Law
WhatsApp app on a smartphone on July 13, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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MOSCOW—Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings against Facebook’s WhatsApp for what it said was a failure to localize data of Russian users on Russian territory, the Interfax news agency reported.

There was no immediate comment from Facebook.