Russia Fines Google Another $54,000, Total Penalties Reach $440,000

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow's Tagansky district court on Thursday fined Google another 4 million rubles ($53,960) for not deleting banned content, adding up to a total of 32.5 million rubles, court spokeswoman Zulfiya Gurinchuk said on Thursday. "Google LLC was found guilty ... under Section 2 of Article 13.41 of the Russian Code on Administrative Offenses. The company was sentenced to an administrative fine of 4 million rubles," Gurinchuk said. Fines were issued for violating regulations on Russians' data localization, as well as failure to remove prohibited content, including calls for extremism. The US tech giant was fined in the past for similar violations. Read more: https://sputniknews.com/russia/202108191083658659-russia-fines-google-another-54000-total-penalties-reach-440000/