If you're posting on LJ, they *must* keep records for the Russian government

[redbird]

Under a new law, any large Russian blogging platform must keep records in Russia of everything published for the last six months. I would assume that this includes deleted posts or comments.

LiveJournal is definitely large enough to be covered by this, and I suspect it was written specifically with LJ in mind.

The law also bans bloggers from being anonymous; I don't know where that leaves people who haven't given LJ wallet names, traceable email addresses, etc.

If you aren't in or planning to visit Russia, this probably won't make much difference to you; I assume that the NSA, the British government, and so on can already get their hands on most of this if they want it.

Comments

[randomness]

I had wondered how that law was going to affect me. I still don't know but I now have more to think about.

I do have plans to visit Russia.

[necturus]

Russian snooping bothers me less than American snooping. The Russians, after all, cannot break down my door in the middle of the night and arrest me.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update. Fortunately, I have no plans to visit Russia.

It will be interesting to see whether there's a reaction to anti-Russian writing on LJ.

[laurieopal.livejournal.com]

Thanks. good to know.