Russian court fines TikTok over failure to delete content: reports

Reuters

Published Apr 06, 2021 06:41AM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court has fined social media app TikTok 2.6 million roubles ($34,000) over failure to delete content that the court said was related unsanctioned rallies, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.

The case follows series of other steps taken by Moscow recently to pressure western internet companies, having punitively slowed down Twitter while also suing Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB).