A Russian court fined Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta on Tuesday for refusing to remove LGBT content.
A Moscow district court ordered the US giant to pay four million rubles (about $53,000) for not deleting content containing LGBT “propaganda”, Interfax news agency reported.
In Russia, big tech companies are often fined for refusing to delete posts at the request of the authorities.
Since the beginning of Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine, Russia has banned Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, increasing the pressure on social media.
In Russia, where conservative and religious circles look down on the LGBT community, attacks on the LGBT community are relatively common.
In 2013, Moscow passed a controversial law against gay “propaganda” against gays, which was used to ban demonstrations and veto the display of the rainbow flag.
source: Noticias
