GitHub faces a fine of up to 4 million rubles for refusing to delete Smart Voting data a fine of up to four million rubles for not removing content prohibited in Russia. Writes about this “Interfax”. Interfax TASS reports that Twitter will also face a fine of the same size for not deleting information.
“[Moscow's] Magistrate Court has registered administrative material against GitHub Ink. The date of the court session has not yet been set, ”the court told the agency. It is clarified that the protocol on administrative violation in relation to the service was issued by Roskomnadzor.
As Interfax was explained in court, the regulator's claims to the service arose due to GitHub's refusal to delete Smart Voting data. In September, the project's website was entered in the register of prohibited information and blocked in Russia, since it was used by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent and an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited).
According to TASS, up to four Millions of rubles a fine for refusing to delete information prohibited in the Russian Federation also threatens Twitter. The agency was informed about this in the judicial department of the magistrate number 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow. “The court received a new administrative protocol in relation to Twitter, drawn up in accordance with part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code (the owner of the site did not delete the information, the obligation to delete which is stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation – note of” Lenta.ru “)”, – clarified in court.