Russia demands dating app Tinder give user data to secret services

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By NATALIYA VASILYEVA | AP

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Tue, 2019-06-04 02:26

MOSCOW: Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users — including messages — to the national intelligence agencies, part of the country’s widening crackdown on Internet freedoms.
The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder was included on a list of online services operating in Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian authorities, including the FSB security agency.