Russia fines Google $370 million for repeated content breaches

Russia has long objected to foreign tech platforms' distribution of content that fall foul of its restrictions

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What had been a simmering dispute between government and the tech giant has erupted into a full-on battle since Moscow assembled its armed forces Photo: Bloomberg
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1 min read Last Updated : Jul 18 2022 | 11:19 PM IST
 Alphabet's Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) on Monday by a Russian court for a repeated failure to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, the state communications regulator Roskomnadzor. 
Russia has long objected to foreign tech platforms’ distribution of content that fall foul of its restrictions, but what had been a simmering dispute has erupted into a full-on battle since Moscow assembled its armed forces.

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