According to Reuters, in an e-mail, Google has said that it will study the court’s decision before deciding on further steps. All this year, Russia has imposed small fines on foreign tech companies. Friday’s fine was imposed for the first time on a percentage of the company’s annual Russian business. Due to this the amount of fine has increased significantly. Reuters calculations showed that it is around 8 percent.
Russia has ordered tech companies to delete posts that promote information ranging from drug abuse to domestic weapons and explosives. Google has had to pay a fine of more than 32 million rubles (about Rs 3 crore) this year in cases related to content infringement.
Last week, a Russian businessman claimed victory over Google in a case. Russia has given time till January 1 to 13 foreign technology companies, including Google and Meta. These companies will have to operate from Russia itself, otherwise they may face possible sanctions.
It is worth noting that recently Facebook has paid 1.7 crore rubles (about Rs 1.73 crore) as fine. In Russia, this fine was imposed on the company for not removing illegal content. Interfax News Agency has told in a report that the company is likely to be fined even bigger. The report also states that the messaging app Telegram has also paid a fine of Rs 1.5 crore (about Rs 1.53 crore). These companies are accused of repeatedly violating Russian law on content and due to this, a percentage of their annual revenue can be charged as fine.
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