Apple Fined by Russia Court docket for Not Deleting Allegedly Inaccurate Content material

A Moscow court docket fined Apple RUB 400,000 (practically Rs. 3.5 lakh) on Thursday for not deleting “inaccurate” content material about what Russia calls a “particular navy operation” in Ukraine, Russian information companies reported. 

The TASS information company mentioned it was the primary time Apple had been fined for that offence. 

Apple didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for remark. The corporate paused all product gross sales in Russia shortly after Moscow despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and restricted its Apple Pay service in Russia.

Moscow has clashed with Huge Tech for years over content material, censorship, information and native illustration in disputes that escalated after Russia despatched its armed forces into Ukraine.

Apple paid a RUB 906 million (practically Rs. 80 crore) tremendous in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance within the cell apps market, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) mentioned in February. 

Apple, which didn’t remark then, had beforehand appealed and “respectfully disagreed” with a FAS ruling that Apple’s distribution of apps by way of its iOS working system gave its personal merchandise a aggressive benefit.

The identical court docket later mentioned it had fined the Wikimedia Basis, which owns Wikipedia, RUB 3 million (practically Rs. 26 lakh) for a similar offence. 

Wikimedia has been fined a number of occasions and has beforehand mentioned info that Russian authorities complained about was well-sourced and consistent with Wikipedia requirements.

In June, a Russian court docket fined Alphabet‘s Google RUB 4 billion (roughly Rs. 380 crore) for failing to pay an earlier tremendous over alleged abuse of its dominant place within the video internet hosting market, the nation’s anti-monopoly watchdog mentioned.

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