The fine was imposed for failing to remove materials from YouTube containing “inaccurate information about the course of a special military operation in Ukraine.”
In Russia, Moscow’s Tagansky District Magistrate’s Court found the American corporation Google guilty of repeatedly violating restrictions on access to materials containing prohibited information and imposed a turnover fine of more than 21,770 billion rubles (over $ 375 million). This was reported by Interfax on Monday, July 18.
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Recognize Google LLC guilty of an administrative offense and impose a fine of 21 billion 770 million 392 thousand 317 rubles, the judge announced the decision.
The court clarified that this amount of the fine is 10% of the company’s annual income in Russia. This penalty was imposed by Google for not removing from YouTube video hosting materials that contained “inaccurate information about the course of a special military operation in Ukraine, defaming the Armed Forces of Russia, promotes extremist views and the ideology of terrorist organizations, as well as instructions for the manufacture of explosives. “
Also, Roskomnadzor said that calls posted on YouTube to participate in unauthorized actions, including those addressed to minors, were not removed.
Recall that in December 2021 in Moscow, a court issued a fine on Google in the amount of more than 7.2 billion rubles (about $ 98 million in exchange rate then – ed.). The company was then found guilty of repeated violations of the law of the Russian Federation. Google was supposed to pay the fine on March 19, but didn’t. In May, bailiffs opened a lawsuit against Google for enforcing the turnover fine.
It was also reported that in June, Google’s Russian “daughter” filed for bankruptcy.
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Source: korrespondent
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