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Apple Fined by Russia Court for Not Deleting Allegedly Inaccurate Content

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[ad_1] A Moscow court fined Apple RUB 400,000 (nearly Rs. 3.5 lakh) on Thursday for not deleting “inaccurate” content about what Russia calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.  The TASS news agency said it was the first time Apple had been fined for that offence.  Apple did not immediately respond to … Read more

Digital Ruble Bill Signed by President Vladimir Putin Allowing Russia’s Central Bank to Introduce CBDC

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[ad_1] Russia is inching closer to facilitating a widespread roll out of its CBDC, the digital ruble. A bill, that proposed the legalisation of this CBDC has finally been signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The country had begun accelerating research and development around CBDCs last year, after the country invaded Ukraine and the … Read more

Google Fined Additional $47 Million by Russian Court for Failing to Pay Earlier Fine Over YouTube Suspensions

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[ad_1] A Russian court has fined Alphabet’s Google RUB 4 billion (roughly Rs. 380 crore) for failing to pay an earlier fine over alleged abuse of its dominant position in the video hosting market, the country’s anti-monopoly watchdog said on Tuesday. The decision is the latest multi-million dollar fine in Moscow’s increasingly assertive campaign against … Read more

WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report

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[ad_1] Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp’s parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an “extremist” organisation, the messenger app … Read more