MOSCOW — (04-26-22) — A Moscow court imposed a fine of two million rubles ($27,000) on TikTok for promoting LGBT content and refusing to remove said content that is currently prohibited in Russia.

“The court found TikTok guilty under part 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (failure to delete information by the owner of the site if the obligation to delete is provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation), [and] imposed a fine of 2 million rubles,” Judge Timur Vakhrameev said in his ruling.

Roskomnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, drew up a protocol against TikTok for an administrative offense. According to Roskomnadzor, the reason being the publication of videos dedicated to the LGBT community on the social network was a violation.

On March 6, TikTok announced that due to the adoption of Russia’s new law criminalizing military fakes, the social media company is temporarily banning new videos and live broadcasts in Russia.

Since last year, Russian courts have regularly been imposing fines on foreign IT companies for refusing to remove prohibited content on the Russian segment of the Internet that include LGBTQ content.

The total amount of fines imposed on TikTok in 2021 amounted to 8.1 million rubles ($109,000). The social media company has already paid most of the fines to the Russian government.

Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer

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