Twitch, Pinterest Fined 3.5M RUB Each for Prohibited Content

A court in Moscow fined the platforms Twitch and Pinterest 3.5 million rubles each.

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Twitch and Pinterest were each fined 3,500,000 rubles by the Tagansky District Court in Moscow.
The fines were imposed for violating Article 2, Part 13.50 of the Russian Administrative Code.
The court found both companies guilty of failing to remove prohibited information from their platforms.
The ruling was issued on September 8, 2026.
The court's decision was communicated through press releases from the Moscow courts' general jurisdiction service.

Booking was also fined 3 million rubles for failing to remove prohibited information and for promoting LGBT* content, bringing the total fine to 13 million rubles. — vm
Pinterest was previously fined 3.8 million rubles in early September for not removing prohibited content. — vm
Telegram, Google, and Apple were also held liable and collectively required to pay 22.5 million rubles. — vm
Pinterest was fined 3.5 million rubles the previous week for publishing prohibited information. — kommersant
Twitch was previously fined over 61 million rubles in August for operating without registration in Roskomnadzor or opening a branch in Russia. — kommersant
Twitch was fined 61,747,992 rubles in August for operating without registration or a branch in Russia. — interfax