Russia fines Google and TikTok for not removing prohibited contents
Russia has fined Alphabet-owned Google and China's ByteDance-owned TikTok for failing to comply with communications regulator Roksmanadzor's order on banned content. Reuters reported this news with reference to the press service of the Moscow court.
Moscow's Tagansky District Court has reportedly fined Google 5 million rubles ($58,380) and TikTok 4 million rubles. The court said the penalty was imposed for failing to identify prohibited content after being ordered to remove it.
Google and TikTok were not immediately available for comment.
