Telegram fined 14.6M rubles for not removing banned content
Moscow12 Aug Vesti. The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined the messenger Telegram 14.6 million rubles for refusing to delete information about Zatchepers, extremist organizations, and publishing answers to the Unified State Exam.
Consensus
- The Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Telegram 14.6 million rubles.
- The fine was imposed for failure to remove prohibited information as required by Russian law.
- The court found Telegram guilty under Article 13.41 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses.
- The prohibited content included material promoting LGBTQ+ issues, 'zepers', and exam answers.
- The court also fined Google LLC 7.6 million rubles on the same day for similar violations.
- Telegram's representative did not attend the court session.
- The court proceedings were based on three administrative protocols against Telegram.
- The court cited failure to comply with requests from regional courts (Krasnodar and Vladivostok) to block specific content.
Points of divergence
- Telegram was fined for two violations under paragraph 2 of Article 13.41 and one under paragraph 4, with the latter carrying a 7 million ruble penalty for content involving extremist, pornographic, or drug-related material. — fontanka
- The prosecution submitted requests to remove content related to 'zepers', LGBTQ+ (international movement recognized as extremist in Russia), and exam answers. — komersant
- The court stated that Telegram did not remove content promoting 'non-traditional sexual relations', 'zeping' propaganda, and offers to sell exam answers. — tvrain
- Telegram was previously fined 3.5 million rubles in June for the same reason, and the platform has been blocked in Russia since February due to insufficient protection of user data and failure to prevent criminal and terrorist use. — vedomosti
- The court fined Telegram 3.8 million rubles for one violation, and then three additional fines of 2.8 million rubles and one of 7 million rubles, totaling 14.6 million. — tg_tvrain
- The court fined Telegram 3.8 million for one violation, then three more fines of 2.8 million and one of 7 million, totaling 14.6 million. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Coverage (9 sources)
- Court in Moscow fined Telegram almost 15 million rubles — Фонтанка
- Court in Moscow fined Telegram 14.6 million rubles — Коммерсантъ
- Telegram fined almost 15 million rubles for failure to remove content — Дождь
- Telegram fined 14.6 million rubles for failure to remove prohibited information — Ведомости
- Telegram fined 14.6 million rubles for refusal to delete prohibited in Russia data — Вести
- Telegram fined almost 15 million rubles for failure to remove content including on zagetping, LGBT and sale of answers to EG... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Telegram fined for refusal to remove information about Zaporozhians and extremism — Вечерняя Москва
- Telegram fined 14.6 million rubles for refusal to delete 'banned' information — about 'zatcheping', LGBT and selling answers... — SOTAvision
- Court in Moscow fined Telegram 14 million rubles for refusal to delete information about catchers and extremist organizations — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Telegram
- Moscow
- TASS
- Telegram
- Russia
- Tagansky Court
- Taganskoy District Court
- Evening Moscow
- Sotavision
- Elena Rudakova
- Telegram Messenger Inc
- ЕГ
- Александра Анохина
- Представителя мессенджера
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