Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings in opposition to Facebook’s WhatsApp for what it mentioned was a failure to localise knowledge of Russian customers on Russian territory, the Interfax information company reported.

There was no fast remark from Facebook.

A day earlier, a Russian court docket fined Alphabet’s Google 3 million roubles for violating private knowledge laws and registered administrative proceedings in opposition to Facebook and Twitter for a similar offence.

The circumstances are a part of a wider spat between Russia and Big Tech, with Moscow routinely fining social media giants for failing to take away banned content material and searching for to compel overseas tech companies to open places of work in Russia.

WhatsApp might be fined between 1 million and 6 million roubles ($13,700 to $82,250), Interfax reported, citing court docket paperwork. A court docket date has not but been set.