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Russian court fines Telegram for failing to delete banned content

A Moscow court fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles ($41,400) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia.

The court press service announced this in a statement on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

Telegram was found guilty of committing an administrative offence for failing to “remove information when such removal is required by Russian law,” it said.

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The court did not specify the prohibited information that led to the fine.

In August, the platform was fined four million rubles for a similar offence.

With approximately 900 million subscribers, Telegram is now one of the world’s leading messaging platforms and influential in Russia.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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