Age, profession, place of residence, mobile phone number and account picture in social networks are used for social studies of the audience. Also the reaction to any information is studied.
"Regardless of where the data is located - in Russian or Western social networks - they will be collected and used," said Vladimir Stiran, an expert on cybersecurity, quoted by gazeta. Ua.
"I do not agree that access to personal data of Ukrainian citizens is the main component of the threat to the national security of Ukraine, which is actually controlled by the Russian information resources. The prohibition of access of Ukrainian citizens to Russian-controlled social networks in a serious way will not change the situation. Information operations of the enemy or political technologists will still be effective, because in Facebook and Twitter they are even more effective than in Vkontakte and Classmates.