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Russia Requires Tinder to Provide Data on Its Users

by Associated Press

   MOSCOW --

   Dating app Tinder is now required to provide user data to Russian
   intelligence agencies, the country's communications regulator said
   Monday.

   The app was included on a new list of online services operating in
   Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian
   authorities, including the FSB security agency.

   Russia adopted a flurry of legislation in recent years tightening
   control over online activity. Among other things, Internet companies
   are required to store six months' worth of user data and be ready to
   hand them over to authorities.

   The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder had shared with
   them information about the company and that it is now on the list of
   online apps and websites that are expected to cooperate with the FSB.

   Russian authorities last year issued an order to ban messaging app
   Telegram after it refused to provide the user data as required by the
   Russian law.

   Tinder was not immediately available for comment.