A magistrate in Moscow fined Google an additional 2 million rubles for failure to remove prohibited content. This was reported on December 7 at the press service of the Tagansky District Court.
“By the decision of the magistrate of the judicial district No. 422, Google LLC was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation, and he was sentenced to an administrative fine of 2 million rubles,” the message says.
Earlier on the same day, the court fined Google 2 million rubles for a similar protocol, as well as under two protocols for not deleting links to sites with prohibited information (part 4 of article 13.41 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation) – 10 million rubles. Thus, the total amount of Google fines increased to 58 million rubles.
Fines were issued for failure to remove prohibited content, including calls to extremism, links to it, as well as refusal to localize personal data of Russians on servers in the Russian Federation.
Prior to that, on December 3, Roskomnadzor reported that 11 fines for a total of 44 million rubles remain unpaid for non-removal of prohibited content from Facebook, and 13 fines from Google to 31.5 million rubles. At the same time, TikTok paid the assigned fines in full, while Facebook – eight fines for a total of 26 million rubles. Three fines in the amount of 6 million rubles were paid by Google.
The law, according to which social networks must themselves identify and block prohibited content, came into force in Russia on February 1. If they cannot independently assess the illegality of the content, the administration of the social network must send the data to Roskomnadzor within 24 hours.
Source: IZ
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