Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content


FILE PHOTO Men pose with smartphones in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14 2017. REUTERSDado RuvicFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Men pose with smartphones in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday fined messenger service WhatsApp three million roubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence.

WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was branded an "extremist" organisation by Moscow last year, but the messenger app - which is widely popular in Russia - has not previously faced penalties for failing to remove prohibited information.

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