Russian court fines Twitter for failure to remove illegal content

Twitter was fined 8.9 million rubles (121,000 dollars) in early April for the same offense, the Xinhua news agency reported. On Tuesday, a Moscow court fined Facebook and Google on similar charges.

A local court on Thursday fined Twitter 19 million rubles (about $259,000) for its failure to remove banned content, including calls for unauthorised protests, increasing fines on the company to 27.9 million rubles ($380,000).

Twitter was fined 8.9 million rubles (121,000 dollars) in early April for the same offense, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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On Tuesday, a Moscow court fined Facebook and Google on similar charges.

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