Russia fines Google 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content

Reuters

Published Nov 29, 2021 14:46

Updated Nov 29, 2021 20:10

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court fined Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc.'s Google 3 million roubles ($40,400) on Monday for not deleting content that it deemed illegal, part of a wider dispute between Russia and the U.S. tech giant.

Russia in October threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube, in Moscow's strongest move yet to rein in foreign tech firms.