The turnover fines that were imposed in Russia on Meta Platforms (Facebook) and Google amounted to 5% of the annual income of these companies. The relevant data is contained in the texts of court decisions published on Monday, January 17.
According to the court, Google earns 144 billion rubles a year, and Meta Platforms – 39 billion rubles. The court ruled that penalties against Google and Meta Platforms should be 1/20 of their combined income.
Earlier in the day, the Tagansky district court in Moscow fined Google another 4 million rubles for refusing to remove prohibited content. The decision was made on the basis of Part 2.1 of Art. 13.40 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation: the court ruled that Google repeatedly refused to remove the prohibited information.
On January 12, Roskomnadzor reported that the management of Google, Facebook (Meta Platforms) and WhatsApp paid fines in the amount of 22 million rubles for violations of the law on the localization of data of Russians.
On December 24, the world court of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined Google 7.2 billion rubles for not deleting prohibited information.
Thus, the court found the company guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 5 of Art. 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Non-deletion by the owner of the site of information, the obligation to delete which is provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation”). The exact amount of the fine is 7,221,916,235 rubles.
On the same day, a court in Moscow found Meta Platforms guilty of committing an administrative offense and imposed a turnover fine on the company in the amount of more than 1,990,984,950 rubles.
At the same time, on December 16, Meta Platforms imposed another 13 million rubles in fines for refusing to remove prohibited content.
On February 1, 2021, a law came into force in Russia, according to which social networks must themselves identify and block prohibited content. If it is not possible to independently assess the illegality of the content within a day, the administration of the social network must send the data to Roskomnadzor.
Source: IZ
Jane Stock is a technology author, who has written for 24 Hours World. She writes about the latest in technology news and trends, and is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve his audience’s experience.
