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User verification can be implemented without compromising the personal privacy of users, it says

Authorities claim the new law will only target illegal behaviour

Foreign tech firms will also be required to host user data on Russian soil from July

Use of the term is without any scientific basis, it argues

But bats the final decision on the matter back to Facebook

The orders come as daily infection statistics made a world record last week

Introduced last year, the UK tax specifically targets big tech firms - the majority of them American

All three executives have declined to take responsibility for spreading misinformation that resulted in the Capitol riots earlier this year

The hearing will deal with disinformation on the world's largest social media platforms

Russian regulator says Twitter could be blocked completely if it does not comply with government demands