Russia said on Monday it had added the popular dating app Tinder to a list of en...
FILE PHOTO: The dating app Tinder is shown on an Apple iPhone in this photo illustration taken February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Illustration/File Photo
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecoms and media regulator, said in a statement that Tinder had been added to its special register at the end of last month after providing the requisite information to allow itself to be added. Russia’s law enforcement agencies such as the FSB security service, which took over most of the KGB’s functions, can require companies on the register to hand over data on demand.
Authorities dismiss that as a smear, saying they are protecting themselves legitimately against threats from extremists.
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