March 10, 2019 at 01:16Facebook refuses to transfer servers to countries with violation of freedom of speech and introduces end-to-end encryption
The other day, the head of the social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg issued a statement according to which his company will not transfer servers with personal data of users to countries where human rights or freedom of speech are regularly violated. According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is introducing a new approach to privacy.
“Users must be aware that we do not plan to store personal confidential data in countries that do not pay due attention to human rights, including the right to privacy and freedom of expression. This is done in order to protect data from unauthorized access, ”said Zuckerberg. The list of countries is not specified.
It is worth noting that Roskomnadzor is dissatisfied with the actions, or rather, the inaction of the social network. At the end of February this year, the department drew up an administrative offense against Facebook. The social network did not provide Roskomnadzor with the necessary information about the localization of the personal data bases of Russian users in Russia.
“On February 28, 2019, the Roskomnadzor Directorate for the Central Federal District drew up an administrative offense report against Facebook. The protocol was drawn up under Article 19.7 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation due to the fact that the company did not provide the necessary information about the localization of the personal data bases of Russian users in Russia, ”the website of the department reports .
The law on the storage of personal data entered into force on September 1, 2015. According to him, companies must store and process the data of Russians in Russia. The LinkedIn social network, which refused to comply with these requirements, was added to the register of lawbreakers in November 2016. Access to the network site in Russia is blocked.
It is worth noting that back in 2017, Facebook planned to open a representative office in the Russian Federation, in connection with which the company was engaged in the search for a regional representative. Now a social network outside the United States has more than 30 international offices. There is no office in Russia yet.
In addition to the previous statement, Zuckerberg announced that the company plans to introduce end-to-end message encryption on all its platforms. This feature currently only works on WhatsApp, about whichreport "Vedomosti".
“I believe that communication will increasingly shift towards private, encrypted services, where people can be sure that what they say to each other remains safe,” Zuckerberg said in a statement. The entrepreneur compared the current level of confidentiality with the city square, where people can share any information.
But users of social resources also need space for private communication. And to achieve this goal, the company will combine its services, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram into a single whole in terms of communications. This must be done so that users can communicate with each other in all applications.
Work on the creation of encrypted messaging systems has already begun; it will continue until the full implementation of encryption. The ultimate goal is the creation of such a system for sending messages in which no one except senders and recipients will have access to the content of messages, including the social network itself. The user will not have to worry about eavesdropping.
Experts believe that one of the reasons that prompted the social network to begin such work is the desire to protect itself from antitrust risks. So, Facebook will be able to tell the antitrust services that WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are too closely connected with each other, and it will not work to separate them. This is the case if the relevant authorities file a claim with the company. This is evidenced by the professor of law at the University of Colorado Blake Reid. In principle, Facebook is a fairly large company that owns a number of social services, which is why it can be called a monopolist, so the fears are quite real - sooner or later, regulators will raise this issue.
“Users must be aware that we do not plan to store personal confidential data in countries that do not pay due attention to human rights, including the right to privacy and freedom of expression. This is done in order to protect data from unauthorized access, ”said Zuckerberg. The list of countries is not specified.
It is worth noting that Roskomnadzor is dissatisfied with the actions, or rather, the inaction of the social network. At the end of February this year, the department drew up an administrative offense against Facebook. The social network did not provide Roskomnadzor with the necessary information about the localization of the personal data bases of Russian users in Russia.
“On February 28, 2019, the Roskomnadzor Directorate for the Central Federal District drew up an administrative offense report against Facebook. The protocol was drawn up under Article 19.7 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation due to the fact that the company did not provide the necessary information about the localization of the personal data bases of Russian users in Russia, ”the website of the department reports .
The law on the storage of personal data entered into force on September 1, 2015. According to him, companies must store and process the data of Russians in Russia. The LinkedIn social network, which refused to comply with these requirements, was added to the register of lawbreakers in November 2016. Access to the network site in Russia is blocked.
It is worth noting that back in 2017, Facebook planned to open a representative office in the Russian Federation, in connection with which the company was engaged in the search for a regional representative. Now a social network outside the United States has more than 30 international offices. There is no office in Russia yet.
In addition to the previous statement, Zuckerberg announced that the company plans to introduce end-to-end message encryption on all its platforms. This feature currently only works on WhatsApp, about whichreport "Vedomosti".
“I believe that communication will increasingly shift towards private, encrypted services, where people can be sure that what they say to each other remains safe,” Zuckerberg said in a statement. The entrepreneur compared the current level of confidentiality with the city square, where people can share any information.
But users of social resources also need space for private communication. And to achieve this goal, the company will combine its services, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram into a single whole in terms of communications. This must be done so that users can communicate with each other in all applications.
Work on the creation of encrypted messaging systems has already begun; it will continue until the full implementation of encryption. The ultimate goal is the creation of such a system for sending messages in which no one except senders and recipients will have access to the content of messages, including the social network itself. The user will not have to worry about eavesdropping.
Experts believe that one of the reasons that prompted the social network to begin such work is the desire to protect itself from antitrust risks. So, Facebook will be able to tell the antitrust services that WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are too closely connected with each other, and it will not work to separate them. This is the case if the relevant authorities file a claim with the company. This is evidenced by the professor of law at the University of Colorado Blake Reid. In principle, Facebook is a fairly large company that owns a number of social services, which is why it can be called a monopolist, so the fears are quite real - sooner or later, regulators will raise this issue.