MOSCOW: Google was fined 15 million roubles ($164,000) on Tuesday for repeated refusal to retailer Russian customers’ information on servers inside Russia, a Moscow court docket mentioned.
Russia has repeatedly clashed with international expertise corporations over content material, censorship, information and native illustration in a simmering dispute that intensified after Moscow despatched its armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022.
Google’s Russian subsidiary has been beneath strain in Russia for failing to delete content material Moscow deems unlawful and for proscribing entry to some Russian media on YouTube.
The expertise big’s Russian unit filed for chapter in summer season 2022 after authorities seized its checking account, making it unattainable to pay workers and distributors.
Nonetheless, whereas the Kremlin has banned some platforms together with Twitter and Fb, it has not blocked entry to Google’s companies, and its search engine and YouTube platform, each free, have continued working.Google didn’t instantly reply to emailed requests for remark.
Russia has repeatedly clashed with international expertise corporations over content material, censorship, information and native illustration in a simmering dispute that intensified after Moscow despatched its armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022.
Google’s Russian subsidiary has been beneath strain in Russia for failing to delete content material Moscow deems unlawful and for proscribing entry to some Russian media on YouTube.
The expertise big’s Russian unit filed for chapter in summer season 2022 after authorities seized its checking account, making it unattainable to pay workers and distributors.
Nonetheless, whereas the Kremlin has banned some platforms together with Twitter and Fb, it has not blocked entry to Google’s companies, and its search engine and YouTube platform, each free, have continued working.Google didn’t instantly reply to emailed requests for remark.
