Meta (formerly Facebook) was fined nearly 2 billion rubles, according to RIA Novosti.
“ By decision of the magistrate of Judicial District No.422 of Tagansky District … Meta Platforms Inc convicted of committing an administrative offense under Part 5 of art. 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; reported in the press service of the Tagansky court in Moscow. The amount of the fine was 1,990,984,950 rubles 5 kopecks.
The company has been fined for repeatedly failing to remove prohibited information. In this case, the legal person is liable to a fine for turnover in an amount ranging from one twentieth to one tenth of the cumulative amount of income for the calendar year. previous compared to the year the administrative violation was detected.
Since the beginning of the year, Facebook has already been fined several times in different amounts for refusing to remove content banned in Russia. Google, Twitter, WhatsApp, and other companies have received similar penalties.
Previously, the Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Google over 7.2 billion rubles for failing to regularly remove destructive and illegal content.