Russia fines Google, Meta record $125 mn over banned content

[jim bell]

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-fines-google-98-mn-124032773.html

A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with an unprecedented fine of nearly $100 million, while Meta (formerly Facebook) received a fine of $27 million.
"In recent years Russia has been piling pressure on Western social media giants, with President Vladimir Putin saying those companies were becoming as influential as elected governments."
"Moscow has repeatedly taken legal action against them for allegedly not moderating their content properly and interfering in the country's affairs."

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Jim Bell's comment:

At some point, Facebook and Google and Twitter and Instagram will realize that they are, effectively, as powerful as national governments.  In the same way that the Viet Cong were as powerful as the American army during the Vietnam war.

Everyday, hundreds of people get diagnoses of terminal illnesses.  Some of them will accept large ($100k, $1 million, $10 million) payments, paid to their family or friends, for their work in assassinating heads of government or other powerful politicians. 

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