Moscow court fines TikTok and Google $116,987 each over administrative offenses
The Tagansky District Court issued the fines against both companies, which have faced repeated penalties in Russia in the past.
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A Moscow court has fined TikTok and Google $116,987 each over administrative offenses, according to a report from Russian state news agency TASS.
A recurring pattern
The report notes that the Tagansky District Court, which issued the latest fines, has previously penalized Google on numerous occasions for administrative offenses, suggesting this ruling is part of an ongoing pattern of enforcement actions against major foreign technology platforms operating in or serving users in Russia.
The specific nature of the administrative offenses underlying this particular fine was not detailed in the available report, though Russian courts have regularly penalized foreign technology companies over issues including content moderation and compliance with local data and media regulations.
Broader regulatory environment
Russian authorities have taken a series of regulatory and legal actions against major Western technology companies in recent years, with fines of this kind forming a recurring feature of the relationship between these platforms and Russian regulators.
Neither TikTok nor Google's response to the latest fine was included in the available report.
Sources
- Moscow court fines TikTok, Google $116,987 each — TASS (Russia)
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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