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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia may deem civil servants’ use of Gmail, Facebook ‘high treason’
http://rt.com/politics/gmail-facebook-treason-high-521/After the latest NSA surveillance revelations a Russian MP has suggested to the government to immediately limit civil servants access to the popular US internet services and social networks.
Lower House deputy Ilya Kostunov sent letters to Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin (who oversees the Russian defense industry sector), the heads of the Defense Ministry, Federal Security Service and the Communications Ministry with a request to make official recommendation on usage of the popular US internet services such as Gmail and Facebook and sometimes also hardware devices produced by US companies.
The politician told Izvestia daily that the instructions should be made part of the civil servants contracts so that they understood that by sending information through US services they not only fill up the dossiers on themselves and their organizations but can provide aid to a foreign state or organization that are engaged in anti-Russian activities. This falls under article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code as this is high treason, he added.
facebook and other US Internet corporations are going to lose some customers
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Russia may deem civil servants’ use of Gmail, Facebook ‘high treason’ (Original Post)
lovuian
Jun 2013
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Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)1. Guess he saw this news report
Sad that the Onion is shutting down, but they were right, the reality is getting too close to the jokes they told.
lovuian
(19,362 posts)2. LOL!!! that was great thanks
but seriously Google Facebook etc...will lose customers
they can't be trusted
Credibility and Trust is broken
they will be look overseas as tools of the US government
lovuian
(19,362 posts)3. I wonder what China will do
now that they know
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)4. Hope that oafish French actor
that became a Russian citizen to evade taxes is happy with his new country.