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Article

16 Jan 2014

Author:
The Moscow Times

Skype agrees to share information with Russian authorities

Microsoft said it will share information about the Russian users of its Skype service with law-enforcement agencies, if recent legislation requiring it to do so is approved. The U.S. software giant said it would comply with "any" laws that Russia adopts, including any requirements to provide information about the local users of its Skype voice-over-IP (VoIP) and online messaging service, Itar-Tass reported, citing a written statement from the company. Amendments to anti-terrorism laws that would oblige online communication service providers to store for six months "information about the reception, transferring, delivery and processing of voice information, written texts, images, sounds and any activities made by the users," and to supply that information to government agencies, were introduced to the State Duma on Wednesday...The specifics of which data would be recorded and shared was to be determined later by the government, if the bill is adopted.