LinkedIn, now blocked in Russia, is keen to discuss data localization with watchdog

Microsoft-owned professional social network LinkedIn has been banned in Russia over concerns the data of some six million users are being stored on foreign servers.
Russia’s communication watchdog, the Roskomnadzor, made the announcement on Thursday (17 November). A court decision deemed that the social network should be blocked until it adheres to the nation’s rules – first implemented in September.
The Next Web reports that Germany made a similar request last year, which resu