Huge shock to Google!!

It seems not a favorable period for tech companies in the recent past. Australia and the EU have imposed compliance rules on Facebook and Google. Twitter obeyed the new rules of India. Russian court rules search engine giant Google It was fined 7.2 billion rubles ($ 98 million) for failing to remove content it considers illegal. It is the first revenue-based fine in Russia. The court said the fine was based on Google revenue. However, these penalties are not limited to Google. Russia has lashed out at several technology companies this year.

A Moscow court slapped Google with an unprecedented fine of nearly $100 million while Meta (formerly Facebook) received a fine of $27 million, both for failing to delete illegal content.  Usually, the fine is less than a million dollars, but this time it was a hefty fine. Despite repeated warnings to Google, the court imposed a fine for repeated misconduct. Google said it was reviewing the court order and would soon reveal what it would do next. Russia is cracking down on foreign social media companies and Internet companies as part of the defense of its digital sovereignty. Several companies, including Google and Twitter, have demanded that posts promoting unofficial protests and other content that is considered illegal be removed.

Heavy fines are being imposed on companies that defy orders. As part of that, a Moscow court recently imposed a fine on Google. Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants on deleting the illegal content in social media. Russian courts had earlier imposed petty fines on Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Facebook and Instagram have failed to remove 2,000 items despite the courts’ requests to do so, while Google has failed to delete 2,600 such items. Google said it would study the court documents before deciding on its next steps.