(ANSA) - MOSCOW, APRIL 06 - The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has imposed a fine of 2.6 million rubles (approximately € 28,000) on TikTok accusing the social network of not canceling alleged invitations to minors to participate in protests against detention by Putin's number one opponent, Alexiei Navalny, in late January.
This was reported by the Interfax agency.
The ruling comes at a time when Moscow is increasing pressure on foreign social networks.
A few days ago, the Tagansky court in Moscow imposed three fines on Twitter for a total of 8.9 million rubles (about 100,000 euros) on charges of failing to remove what Russian authorities believe "prohibited content" and appeals "to minors. participate in unauthorized events ".
In March, Russian authorities also ordered Twitter to be slowed accusing it of failing to remove 3,168 posts which - according to Moscow - contained instigations to commit suicide by minors, child pornography and information on drug use.
But many suspect that behind it there is actually the will to silence dissent and control the web more and more.
(HANDLE).