You people, we may have missed this story. Check it out. By the way, you think maybe someone should send Museveni a memo to demand that Meta sets up an office in Uganda and then Polo will unblock Fakebook? Just saying… MLN
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Moscow Tells 13 Mostly U.S. Tech Firms They Must Set up in Russia by 2022
By Reuters
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Nov. 23, 2021, at 7:21 a.m.
By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has demanded that 13 foreign and mostly U.S. technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans.
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It lists Alphabet’s Google, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and messaging app Telegram, all of which Russia has fined this year for failing to delete content it deems illegal.
Apple, which Russia has targeted for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the mobile applications market, was also on the list.
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—— Posted (Halifax Canada Time AST) on: November 24, 2021 at 03:12PM
source https://perilofafrica.com/2021/11/moscow-tells-13-mostly-u-s-tech-firms-they-must-set-up-in-russia-by-2022.html
