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Russia blocks Facebook, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity

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Facebook logo is placed on a Russian flag in this illustration picture (File photo/Reuters) Russia is blocking Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook, the country’s communications regulator said on Friday, in response to what it said were restrictions of access to Russian media on the platform. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020, including restrictions in recent days on state-backed channels like RT and the RIA news agency. The move is a major escalation in an ongoing […]

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Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity

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Picture used for representational purpose Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, but with the threat of a potentially larger fine looming. Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet’s Google, faces a court case next week for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could be fined a percentage of its annual revenue in Russia. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment on […]

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Russia fines Telegram, Facebook over banned content, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity

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It was the second time both companies have been fined in recent weeks. Russian authorities have ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content, a move that could be part of growing government efforts to tighten control over social media platforms amid political dissent. A Moscow court on Thursday fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $ 2,36,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($ 1,39,000). It wasn’t immediately clear what type of content the platforms failed […]

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