Telegram was fined 7 million rubles for not removing extremist content

On May 27, the Tagansky Court of Moscow fined the Telegram messenger 7 million rubles for not removing extremist content.

"To impose an administrative penalty in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 7 million rubles," RIA Novosti quoted the judge as saying.

The court found that Telegram had not promptly deleted the publication with calls for extremist activity. The messenger was brought to administrative responsibility for the untimely deletion of information under Part 4 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.

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On May 12, the Tagansky District Court imposed administrative fines of 3.8 million rubles on the Telegram messenger. The company was found guilty of late deletion of information. The company was found guilty of late deletion of information in accordance with the requirements of Russian legislation under Part 4 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.