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Russia fines WhatsApp for not deleting banned content

Alicia Brian Published June 1, 2023
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On Thursday, a Russian court fined messenger service WhatsApp 3 million rubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, it’s first fine in Russia for that offense.

Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist” organization, the messenger app – which is widely popular in Russia – has not previously faced penalties for failing to remove prohibited information.

Other Meta services, Facebook and Instagram – now banned in Russia – have been fined over content, as have the likes of Twitter and Alphabet’s Google.

WhatsApp, however, has previously been fined for its alleged refusal to comply with Russian data law and store Russian users’ data on servers in the country.

The RIA news agency reported that Thursday’s fine was due to WhatsApp’s refusal to remove information about the drug Lyrica, whose sale and manufacture are prohibited in Russia.

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside US business hours.

Moscow has for years clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data, and local representation in disputes that escalated after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

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