Google has been requested to pay a high quality of RUB 3 million (roughly Rs. 30 lakh) on Monday for not deleting content material a Moscow courtroom deemed unlawful, a part of a wider dispute between Russia and the Alphabet-owned US tech large.

Russia in October threatened to high quality Google a share of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content material on its search engine and YouTube, in Moscow’s strongest transfer but to rein in international tech companies.

Google, which final month stated it had paid greater than RUB 32 million (roughly Rs. 3.2 crore) in fines, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Russia has issued a number of small fines to US tech firms this 12 months. State communications regulator Roskomnadzor has slowed down the pace of Twitter since March and has advised Reuters it won’t raise the restrictions on cellular gadgets till all unlawful content material is eliminated.

Last week, Italy’s antitrust watchdog imposed EUR 20 million (roughly Rs. 170 crore) in fines on Apple and Google, the second time the regulator has sanctioned US tech giants this week.

European nations have cracked down on the enterprise practices of Big Tech lately, whereas the EU is shifting ahead with laws to tighten regulation.

The Italian competitors authority stated it fined Apple and Google EUR 10 million (roughly Rs. 85 crore) every for violations of the buyer code, together with failing to supply sufficient info to custome and resorting to “aggressive methods” in the usage of their information for business ends.

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