Russia fines Google, Facebook for failing to delete banned content


FILE PHOTO A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12 2020. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court said on Tuesday it has fined U.S. technology giants Google and Facebook Inc over a failure to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, the latest development in an escalating standoff between Russia and Big Tech.

Russia has already placed a punitive slowdown on U.S. social network Twitter for not deleting banned content, part of a push by Moscow to rein in Western tech companies and beef up what it calls its internet "sovereignty."

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