Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn From Local App Stores
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/technology/linkedin-blocked-in-russia.html
Smartphone users in Russia can no longer download the LinkedIn app on iPhone or Android devices, following a similar move in China to block The New York Times app on iPhones. The demand by Russian authorities to remove LinkedIn in Apple and Google app stores comes weeks after a court blocked the professional networking service for flouting local laws that require internet firms to store data on Russian citizens within the nation’s borders. The action is the equivalent of a nation banning (...)
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