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Swiss messenger app "Threema" fined under Russian anti-terror law for refusing to share user data
June 27, 2022, 7:58 a.m. | /u/secureator8744
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A Moscow court has fined the messenger service Threema €14,200 (CHF14,363) for refusing to share user data with Russian authorities under a domestic anti-terror law.
"The Russian authority Roskomnadzor apparently launched an investigation in March 2022, probably to make an example," a Threema spokesperson told the German newspaper *Welt am Sonntag*. The spokesperson confirmed this information to the Keystone-SDA news agency on Saturday.
Threema was found guilty of disregarding regulations under Russia's anti-terror law, he added. According …
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