Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned content

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content or be fined and said Moscow could eventually slow down the company's traffic in the country.

Russia has already placed a punitive slowdown on U.S. social network Twitter for not deleting banned content, part of a push by Moscow to rein in Western tech giants and beef up what it calls its internet "sovereignty".

The watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said it had sent more than 26,000 calls to Google to remove illegal information, including videos containing information on drugs or violence and material from what it called extremist organisations.

Google will be fined between 800,000 roubles and 4 million roubles ($10,800-$54,000) if it does not restrict access to the banned information, Roskomnadzor said.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-gives-google-one-day-131929850.html

The GOP would love to be able to do this in our country.

[Cartoonist]

1. The GOP says it's already being done

They banned Trump

[mitch96]

2. And what would happen if Google said fine, I'm leaving and I'm taking my marbles with me..nt

[Bucky]

3. Shitcakes, how in the hell will Google ever come back from that $54,000 fine?

Looks like Sergey Brin is gonna be living on Ramen noodles for a spell.

[Angleae]

4. They should pay it entirely in kopeks (5.4 million of them).