Russia hits Google with a $375M fine for allowing ‘prohibited’ Ukraine news on its platforms

Image Credit: Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty Images. Article by Ivan Mehta. TechCrunch – July 19, 2022.

Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine. The country’s telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor cited a court order and said Google (particularly YouTube) didn’t take down content that discredited “the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.” […]

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