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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