Russia’s Communications Watchdog To Punish Foreign IT Firms
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Russia's state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor will take punitive measures against a string of foreign IT companies, including TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord and Pinterest.
In a statement on Friday, Roskomnadzor said its actions were in response to failure by the companies to remove content that it had flagged as illegal, and the punitive measures would remain in place until the firms complied with its demands.
The regulator did not specify what measures would be taken.
Russia has repeatedly threatened to impose fines on IT companies - including Google - that it has said violated harsh new laws criminalising the spreading of so-called false information" about the Russian military.
Russia has branded its war on Ukraine a special military operation". In March, Roskomnadzor warned that referring to the military campaign as an invasion", attack" or declaration of war" will lead to websites being blocked.
On Tuesday, Russian courts imposed a two million rouble (around $33,000) fine on the US-based live streaming service Twitch, and an 11 million rouble ($179,000) fine on the messenger service Telegram, for violating military censorship laws.
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