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Google fined by Russia for not deleting banned content

Russia has hit Google with a series of small fines in the past year, for reasons ranging from not deleting content Moscow deems illegal to failing to localise user data.

By:REUTERS
| Updated on: Aug 17 2021, 20:22 IST
A spokesperson for Google confirmed the first two fines but gave no additional comment.
A spokesperson for Google confirmed the first two fines but gave no additional comment. (Reuters )

A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc's Google a total of 10.5 million roubles ($142,877) for violating Russian rules on banned content, the penalty coming amid a wider stand-off between Russia and Big Tech companies. Russia has routinely fined social media giants for failing to remove prohibited content and is seeking to compel foreign technology companies to open offices in the country. Moscow's Tagansky District Court said Google had been handed three administrative fines of 4 million roubles, 1.5 million roubles and 5 million roubles respectively. A spokesperson for Google confirmed the first two fines, but gave no additional comment.

Google faces an additional two cases in the Moscow court later on Tuesday, the court's press office said. Russia has hit Google with a series of small fines in the past year, for reasons ranging from not deleting content Moscow deems illegal to failing to localise user data.

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Google is also the subject of a Moscow court order obliging it to unblock the YouTube account of Tsargrad TV, a Christian Orthodox channel owned by Konstantin Malofeev, who is under US and EU financial sanctions.

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An appeal hearing is scheduled for September 20. Tsargrad TV on Monday said it had abandoned talks with Google, which owns YouTube, and accused the U.S. company of dragging its feet in negotiations.

($1 = 73.4900 roubles)

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First Published Date: 17 Aug, 20:22 IST
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