Posted on 01/01/2022 5:45:08 PM PST by marshmallow
After repeatedly accusing Google of ignoring Russian laws on obscenity, Russia has dramatically escalated its long-running battle with major US-based internet platforms. On Friday a Moscow court imposed an unprecedented fine of almost $100 million on Google for corrupting minors with porn, propaganda and transgenderism. . .
Crucially, Kremlin officials and the regulator have long charged Google with promoting politically subversive messaging with the intent to stir up protests in support of jailed dissident Alexei Navalny.
Furthermore, Silicon Valley-based internet companies have been accused by Russia of allowing themselves to be used as a hidden hand of US foreign policy inside Russia and promoting controversial content like transgenderism among Russia’s youth.
Showing sexually explicit and corrupting material to minors is outlawed under recent legislation.
This fine of 7.2 billion rubles, (or $98 million) is record-setting as compared to prior fines imposed on US social media companies. The clear objective of imposing such a huge fine is to send a resounding message and warning.
Commenting on how the court arrived at this high figure, The Moscow Times notes that the Moscow magistrate’s court did so “under a legal clause that allows courts to impose between 5% and 10% of a company’s turnover, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.”
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Good start!
What a crazy world. The Russians showing morals that our government discourages.
Concur
If the tech giants are an extension of the US government (which they are) it gives one pause to think why our government is pushing this insanity.
Yeah, right. Meanwhile Yandex shows child porn on demand and Putin is okay with it because he owns part of Yandex.
We know a bunch of Russians who came here many years ago. Very few seem to have any desire to go back, but many will tell you that things have improved greatly.
Russia has figured-out that the “neo-liberal hegemony” isn’t just military or putting NATO on one’s borders. Its cultural-social conquest as well.
“Meanwhile Yandex shows child porn on demand and Putin is okay with it because he owns part of Yandex.”
I was wondering how this could affect Yandex myself. Your point is spot-on; but I can’t help but feel good. A win for Putin’s hypocrisy could be a win for U.S. freedom if this hurts Google in any way.
Awesome. Good post!
I double dog dare him to make it $120 billion.
That smells like BS...what's your source for 'Yandex shows child porn'?
The program of cultural destruction of the West came from Stalinist Russia. So they know what it is and arent going to let it destroy Russia.
I read that Russian is the 3rd most spoken language in the Pacific Northwest behind English and Spanish.
That is certainly the case in the part of the Northwest where we live. Some never learn English but most of the younger people assimilate well.
These days Muslims are being imported at unbelievable rates. It will be no time at all before Russian is the 4th most spoken language behind various forms of Arabic. We have met some who are very nice, however a much larger percentage than the Russians have no intention to ever blend in. We now have the largest Muslim cemetery in the Northwest a few miles from our home.
Way to go!
Its closest ally and partner is China. It’s a mind game.
The big techlords five more than that to local school boards. Hiding in their basements, they are, quaking.
Threaten to splash one of their sattelites every month until they stop. That’d fix their wagons, hombre.
That’s not enough.
if Google and Facebook don’t like it they can just build themselves a new Russia.
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