steven36 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) Russia's communications watchdog fined Google700,000 rubles($11,100) on Thursday for failing to fulfill legal requirements to remove entries from its search results that Moscow believes contain illegal information. The watchdog said that more than a third of the links from the unified registry of illicit content remains in the search results. "Monitoring activities have revealed that Google makes selective filtering of search results. More than a third of links from the single registry of illegal content is stored in the search. A 700,000 rubles ($11,100) fine has been imposed on Google", the statement said. In June, the head of Roskomnadzor vowed to fine the tech juggernaut for violating Russian laws, adding that the formal procedures would be enacted by the end of July. In May, Roskomnadzor experts established that Google had violated the Russian law on information by selectively filtering the search results. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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