Google fined in Russia for not removing ‘restricted’ content

A Moscow court said on Monday it had ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay 4 million rubles ($52,526) for not removing access to content restricted in Russia, in a string of fines for the US tech giant. is the latest.

Russia stepped up its efforts to increase pressure on Big Tech late last year, handing Google and the meta platform hefty, revenue-based fines for repeatedly failing to remove illegal content from Moscow. read more

Google declined to comment.

TASS news agency reported that Google was fined for providing access to links to banned websites.

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