Russian court fines Google $50.8 million over 'fake' Ukraine information -TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court fined Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google on Wednesday 4.6 billion roubles ($50.84 million) for failing to delete so-called «fake» information about the conflict in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.
Russia has been at loggerheads with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Russia calls the conflict in Ukraine a «special military operation».
Alphabet's YouTube has been a particular target of the Russian state's ire but, unlike Twitter and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)' Facebook and Instagram, it has not been blocked. The fine was calculated as a share of Google's annual turnover in Russia. The company was handed similar turnover-based penalties of 7.2 billion roubles in late 2021 and 21.1 billion roubles in August 2022.
($1 = 90.4825 roubles)
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