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Russia clamps down foreign internet companies

A Russian court has fined Tinder and Twitch for refusing to localize data. Match Group which operates Tinder has been fined $104,000 the streaming service Twitch on the other hand will have to pay a $135,000 fine. The reason for this is the repeated failure to localize data in accordance with Russian law.