Russia to check if Facebook is complying with law: Ifax

[November 08, 2017]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday it planned to check whether Facebook was complying with Russian law.

A 3D model of the Facebook logo is seen in front of a Russian flag in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

"In the near future Roskomnadzor will plan a string of supervisory activities aimed at analyzing the activities of the administration of Facebook in terms of the processing of Russian users' personal information, the terms of services for users, and the content of existing legislation," the watchdog said in a statement carried by the Interfax news agency.

(Reporting by Christian Lowe; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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