Telegram, Google, Apple, Pinterest Fined for Not Removing Prohibited…

The Taganovsky District Court of Moscow fined Telegram 11.4 million rubles for failing to remove three posts containing prohibited information.

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The Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued fines to Telegram, Pinterest, Google, and Apple.
The fines were imposed for failure to remove prohibited content as required by Russian law.
All fines were based on Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (KоАП) of the Russian Federation.
The court rulings were announced on September 2.
The total amount of fines across all companies exceeded 26 million rubles, with one source citing over 33 million rubles.

Telegram was fined for refusing to remove materials labeled by the General Prosecutor's Office as 'fake news' about the Russian Armed Forces and information aimed at destabilizing the socio-political situation in Russia. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Pinterest was fined 10.8 million rubles for hosting content involving children in illegal activities, promoting non-traditional relationships, and inciting extremism. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Google was fined 7.6 million rubles for not removing the Wheely app from Google Play, which was added to the RKN registry due to violation of anti-terrorism requirements. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Apple's fine of 3.5 million rubles was due to undisclosed reasons, as the hearing on Apple's case was held in closed session. — tg_sotavisionmedia
The total fine amount was 26.3 million rubles, with Pinterest fined 3.8 million rubles, Telegram 11.4 million, Google 7.6 million, and Apple 3.5 million. — vm
Telegram was previously fined 14.6 million rubles on August 12 and 3.5 million rubles in June for similar violations. — fontanka
Pinterest was fined 3.5 million rubles at the end of June for failing to monitor content access. — vm