A court in Moscow fined Twitter and Meta Platforms for failing to remove prohibited content

The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined Twitter and Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) 10 and 13 million rubles, respectively, for not removing prohibited content. This is reported by the telegram channel of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.

The court fined Twitter under the article on violation of the procedure for access to information (part 2 and part 4 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for 3 and 7 million rubles, respectively. Meta Platforms received fines of 5 million, 5 million and 3 million rubles under the same article under three administrative protocols.

According to Novaya Gazeta, the amount of fines against Meta Platforms reached 57 million rubles, and Twitter - 48 million rubles.

January 19, 2022 14:44 According to TASS , Twitter fines were issued due to publications that mentioned the Anti-Corruption Fund, Alexei Navalny and his associates, as well as an assessment of the shooting at Perm State University.

• On December 7, the magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined Google 9 million rubles under the article on non-deletion of prohibited information (part 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
• In September, a court fined Facebook, Twitter, and Telegram for failing to remove prohibited content. Facebook was fined 21 million rubles under the article on violation of the procedure for access to information (parts 2 and 4 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Under the same article, Telegram was fined 9 million, Twitter - 5 million.
• Roskomnadzor regularly files lawsuits against Google , Facebook , Twitter and Telegram. In May, the department filed the first lawsuit against Google in connection with the requirement to remove 12 links to YouTube with calls for participation in January rallies in support of Alexei Navalny. On May 25, the court fined Google four million rubles for the first time. The amount of fines against companies at the time of publication is more than 200 million rubles.