A Moscow court has ordered Viber and Telegram to pay fines for failing to delete information about Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A magistrate court in the Russian capital ruled in separate hearings on June 20 that Telegram and Viber must pay 4 million rubles ($47,600), and 1 million ($11,900), respectively, for failing to delete "false information" about the war in Ukraine. The fines are the latest in a series of rulings in recent months against Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, and TikTok on similar charges that the social media platforms are not heeding Russia's Internet laws.
Moscow Court Fines Viber, Telegram Over Content Related To War In Ukraine
The fines are the latest in a series of rulings against social media platforms for apparently not heeding Russia's Internet laws. (file photo)