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Russia - The court recognized the fine imposed on Facebook in almost 2 billion rubles

Russia (bbabo.net), - A court decision to impose a fine on the company that owns the social network Facebook is recognized as legal. The legality of the lower - justice of the peace - was approved by the Tagansky District Court on Tuesday. "The decision of the justice of the peace of the judicial district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow dated December 27, 2021 was left unchanged, and the complaint of the lawyers of Meta Platforms Inc. was not satisfied," the court reported.

It is recalled that decision of December 27, the American company Meta Platforms Inc (former name Facebook Inc) was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under part 5 of Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia "Violation of the procedure for restricting access to information, information resources, access to which is subject to restriction in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The court imposed an administrative fine on the legal entity in the amount of 1,990,984,950 rubles 05 kopecks, that is, almost 2 billion rubles. Such a high amount is due to the fact that the amount of the fine is calculated based on the company's annual revenue.

Russia - The court recognized the fine imposed on Facebook in almost 2 billion rubles