Russia fines Google Really ? But Why ? | Google Russia News
The Russian authorities have recently applied an unprecedented sanction to Google in the form of a fine for 20 decillion rubles – a number that is impossible to comprehend, let alone comment on because even the overall economy of the world cannot compare to it several times over.
This massive fine is compounded by YouTube’s owner Google, the Alphabet, to ban Russian state-run media channels after the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Russian court stated that Google violated the provision of the national broadcasting by restricting state-funded involves of YouTube. The ruling also states that Google has to restore these channels and for failing to do so within nine months there are penalties which double every day.
Russia fines Google that means Google Russia News Details :
At the middle of the month, March 2022, the company put a black mark on several of Russia’s state-operated channels such as RT and Sputnik. This was done due to YouTube’s policy crack down on content that dishmellifies or downplays violence especially at this link in time as the situation in Ukraine seemed to be getting worse. YouTube has now terminated the 1,000-plus channels it says disseminated content that aligned with Russia’s view of the conflict and shut down a further 15,000 videos. European countries began blocking Russian media accounts, then YouTube itself made it global. Russia, however, reacted to the ban as censorship of its state-funded media outlets.
Russia fines Google 1,00,000 rubles or 1,028 dollars ?
Google has been facing troubles in operating in Russia since 2020 and it initially received a fine of 100, 000 rubles or about 1, 028 dollars a day for the blocking Russian channels, Tsargrad and RIA FAN – both belong to the Russian state media.
Legal Fallout
Since then, 17 Russian broadcasters have included claims against Google to regain their channels on the YouTube platform. Some operations were exposed and intensified when Russia invaded Ukraine fully in 2022 and as a result of this Google has had to tighten its operations in the country. Indeed, unlike some of the other large American technology companies that pulled out entirely – though Google did maintain things like YouTube and Google Search available in Russia. However, its Russian subsidiary declared personal bankruptcy after a few months of the aggression when state authorities froze its accounts.
A Symbolic Gesture?
The Kremlin admitted that this staggering penalty amounts to a symbolic show meant to prompt Google into changing how it treats Russian broadcasters. According to Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin’s spokesperson, Russia’s disapproval of this fine amount was severe and even he sometimes found hard to state it. Such a drastic penalty, designed to make the media pay a collective $58m, serves best to underscore how much Russia cares about the free availability of its state-funded outlets.
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