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Moscow court fines TikTok $54,454 for refusing to remove banned content

Taking into account the previous fines imposed by the Russian courts for this offense, the total volume of fines for TikTok reached 8.1 mln rubles ($110,228)

MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. Moscow Magistrates' Court fined TikTok 4 mln rubles ($54,454) for refusing to remove content prohibited in Russia, the total volume of fines imposed by Russian courts since the beginning of the year amounted to 8.1 mln rubles ($110,228), press service of the Tagansky District Court in Moscow told TASS.

The court found TikTok guilty of administrative offense included in parts 2 and 4 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation - failure to delete information if such obligation is provided for by the Russian legislation, and fined the company 4 mln rubles ($54,454).

Taking into account the previous fines imposed by the Russian courts for this offense, the total volume of fines for TikTok reached 8.1 mln rubles ($110,228).