U.S. tech companies do not appear to show signs of complying with a new Russian surveillance law, FedScoop reports. The response mirrors a similar reaction by companies to Russia's data localization bill. The new law, known as “Yarovaya law,” requires tech companies to deliver encryption keys for internet communications to Russian state security agencies. Companies "are staying publicly silent and not complying with the data localization mandate," said Electronic Frontier Foundation Global Policy Analyst Eva Galperin. Similarly, she pointed out the companies “show no signs of complying" with the Yarovaya law. Though many businesses have encryption protocols making it impossible for them to comply with the law, U.S. tech companies aren’t likely the ones to be hit the worst. "The companies for whom this is a real problem are the Russian telecom providers," Galperin said. "They have said [the law] will cost them trillions of roubles."
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