Google was fined $98 million by a Russian court

According to reports, the Russian court reportedly filed a complaint with Google (GOOG. US) issued a fine of 7.2 billion rubles ($98 million) on the grounds that the company did not systematically delete illegal information that was banned in Russia.

It is reported that the amount of the fine is calculated based on Google's revenue; This is the first time in such a case that Russia has fined a company based on revenue. Previously, Russia has also fined Google several times for not removing the illegal internals, but the amount of the fine is small. Google has already paid fines of more than 32 million rubles this year for content violations, according to the data.

Google said in an email that it would study the court's ruling before deciding to take further steps.

According to the data, Russia has asked companies to remove posts promoting drug abuse and dangerous entertainment, information on homemade weapons and explosives, and posts that Russia has identified as extremist or terrorist organizations.

Russia's state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in an email in September that companies that refused to remove "content found illegal in Russia" could soon face fines of 5 to 20 percent of their local annual revenue. The agency warned Google in October that it would seek fines of up to $240 million against google.

In recent months, Russia has taken a series of steps to tighten regulations on U.S. technology companies and restrict access to illegal information online. Yesterday, Twitter (TWTR. US) has also just been fined 3 million rubles (about $40,920) by a Russian court for the same failure to remove illegal content; So far this year, Twitter has been fined at least 50 million rubles (about $682,000) in Russia. In addition, Apple (AAPL. US) and Meta (FB. US) and others have also been punished to varying degrees.