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Amazon faces fines of up to $200,000 in Russia over banned content

The Hindu | 05/10/2022 04:22 PM | Click to read full article

Amazon.com Inc. faces fines of up to 12 million roubles ($204,000) in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, news agencies reported on Tuesday, in what would be the first penalty of this kind for the U.S. tech giant.

On Tuesday, Tagansky DC fined Twitch 4 million roubles for hosting a video interview with a Ukrainian political figure that Moscow said contained "fake" information.

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