Russian court fines Google £74 million for failing to remove banned content

Google has been fined £74 million by a Russian court (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly £74 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta £20 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants.

The Tagansky District Court ruled that Google repeatedly neglected to remove the banned content, and ordered the company to pay an administrative fine of about 7.2 billion rubles (about £74 million).