Russian court fines Google US$50.8 million over 'fake' Ukraine information: Report
- Google was fined 4.6 billion rubles by a Russian court for not removing "disinformation" about the Ukraine war and LGBTQ content on YouTube.
- Russia has been cracking down on LGBTQ rights, including banning the "international LGBT movement" and labeling it an extremist organization.
- This is the latest in a series of fines imposed on Google in Russia, with previous fines totaling billions of rubles.
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Court fines Google $50.8 mln for failure to remove special military operation fakes
The Tagansky court of Moscow fined Google 4.6 bln rubles ($50.8 mln) for the systemic failing to remove false information about the special operation in Ukraine, as well as information prohibited in Russia, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Russia Fines Google For Not Deleting 'False Information' About War In Ukraine
A Moscow court on December 20 fined Alphabet's Google more than 4.6 billion rubles ($5.8 million) for the "systemic failure" to delete from YouTube what the court said was false information about Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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