Russia: Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media filed lawsuit against Discord for alleged breach of data localisation requirement

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Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media filed lawsuit against Discord for alleged breach of data localisation requirement

On 10 December 2025, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) issued an administrative violation report alleging Discord to have breached Part 8, Article 13.11 of the Russian Adminis…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2024-12-10
under deliberation

On 10 December 2025, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology …

2025-02-05
in force

On 5 February 2025, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling in a lawsuit against Disc…