Roskomnadzor, the Russian media regulator, said it would seek a sanction from Google for failing to delete illegal content on many occasions as soon as this week. The sanction will be between 5% and 20% of Google’s Russian revenue.
The watchdog highlighted Google had failed to pay $458,100 (32.5 million rubles) in penalties levied earlier this year. The latest fine may be as much as $240 million, marking a significant increase from the previous penalty.
The watchdog highlighted Google had failed to pay $458,100 (32.5 million rubles) in penalties levied earlier this year. The latest fine may be as much as $240 million, marking a significant increase from the previous penalty.
“A similar case will be put together in October against Google,” the regulator said in emailed comments to Reuters, noting that the California-based corporation also owned video-hosting site YouTube.
Last year, Google’s turnover in Russia totaled 85.5 billion rubles ($1.2 billion), according to the SPARK business database, cited by the media. Thus, a 5-20% fine would amount to between 4.3 and 17.1 billion rubles ($60 million-240 million).
Forsided, 19.10.2021
Source: RT