Facebook, Google, Twitter sued by Russia for failing to censor protests
In Russia, local authorities are suing Google, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram and TikTok for failing to delete posts on their platforms that “called for minors to participate in illegal protests.” The Moscow Magistrates’ Court has received twelve complaints of administrative offenses against social media.
According to the Russian court, in the proceedings, there is one complaint against TikTok and two against Telegram, while Facebook, Twitter and Google were the target of three complaints each. The accusations include a reference to the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses regarding the failure to remove certain content from networks. There is a provision in the legislation Russian Given the obligation of platforms in this regard and the understanding of local authorities regarding irregularities on the part of social media, there is the possibility of fines ranging from 800 thousand to 4 million Russian rubles. In our currency, these would be amounts from R$63 thousand to R$315 thousand.
In February, Russia held unsanctioned demonstrations in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was arrested on January 17. On February 2, Moscow’s Simonovsky Court sentenced Navalny to 3 years in prison. Navalny and his supporters say the conviction for alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement case was politically motivated, something the country’s authorities deny.
Social media in the crosshairs of Russia's regulatory body
In early March, the Savelovsky District Magistrates' Court in Moscow fined Mail.ru in 4 million rubles for not deleting from your social network Odnoklassniki prohibited content (inviting minors to illegal actions, according to the authorities). There is information that since February 11 of this year, Roskomnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of Russia, has been drawing up administrative protocols in relation to several social networks.
The sessions in Russia with defendants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram and TikTok will be held on April 2 at the 422nd District Court of the Tagansky District in Moscow. Earlier this month, we reported that Twitter had entered in the sights of Roskomnadzor for failing to comply with requests from Russian authorities to remove certain types of content from its platform, in violation of the country's laws.
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