Russia opens case against Google, saying it failed to delete banned content


Last week lawmakers presented draft legislation that could allow the government to restrict Internet access to US social media platforms deemed to have discriminated against Russian media outlets. — Pixabay

MOSCOW: Russia has opened a case against US tech giant Google for failing to remove banned content from its search engine, communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Monday.

Roskomnadzor said Google was not removing up to 30% of what it called “dangerous content”, some of which it said was extremist, pornographic and suicidal in nature. It opened “administrative proceedings” that could lead to a court case and a fine of up to 5mil roubles (RM268,541).

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