Google Pays Fines to Russia for Failing to Delete Banned Content (msn.com) 23
"U.S. tech giant Google has paid Russia more than 32 million roubles ($455,079) in fines," reports Reuters, "for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the company and a Russian lawmaker said after talks on Monday."
Russia last week said it would seek to fine the U.S. tech giant a percentage of its annual Russian turnover later this month for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube, in Moscow's strongest move yet to rein in foreign tech firms... Russia's state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, on Monday said it has the technical capability to slow down the speed of YouTube, Interfax reported, but that administrative measures are currently sufficient.
In 2020, Google's compliance with requests to delete content was 96.2%, Pancini said, and in the first half of this year, it removed over 489,000 videos, but Russia said too much banned content still remained available.
In 2020, Google's compliance with requests to delete content was 96.2%, Pancini said, and in the first half of this year, it removed over 489,000 videos, but Russia said too much banned content still remained available.
Re: The ass-rape of a Proud Boy. (Score:1)
Obviously this was a turnaround of "the beating of a liberal" spam trash, but the way it would play out.
1) The MAGA True Believer will not shut his mouth and inevitibly utter some 'fighting words'
2) The gay bikers will knock him out
3) The gay bikers will do their private business with each other, completely ignoring the lump of MAGA laying out cold on the floor.
(Prison rape is not funny, and painting leathermen, who the "gay bikers" you mentioned are properly called, as rapists just serves to bolster and sp
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Don't forget the college drop-out social justice warriors, living off of student loans they can't pay back in tranfgender dance theory and critical race theory majors, swearing to "punch a Nazi". Hint for them: the Nazi Youth actually trained with firearms and hand-to-hand, They practiced by beating Jews, gays, foreigners, and gypsies to death.
Re: The ass-rape of a Proud Boy. (Score:2)
"Don't forget the college drop-out social justice warriors, living off of student loans they can't pay back in tranfgender dance theory and critical race theory majors,"
If somebody wants to be stupid and blow their college on this crap, and they piss off their parents for doing this to the point they won't let that person back into the house, let them. We don't need or ever should turn the world in a padded cell to protect the stupid.
They get to live in a cheap broom closet with the heroin dealer on
Google forgot to ban this one (Score:2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Re: Google forgot to ban this one (Score:2)
So I guess a more accurate depiction of him sporting a 'toothbrush' moustache and him doing what was formerly known as a Roman salute would be A-OK?
Even given his leanings and political base, he likely would not like to be depicted in this way.
Why pay? (Score:2)
What is the plan? Google just keeps paying them money and ignoring the requests to delete stuff? If they are not going to delete stuff (which they shouldn't) then why pay them money?
Its called extortion (Score:2)
What is the plan? Google just keeps paying them money and ignoring the requests to delete stuff? If they are not going to delete stuff (which they shouldn't) then why pay them money?
They keep threatening to do more than fine them, but the fines are not enough for google to care about the money vs. "what is worse".
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"In 2020, Google's compliance with requests to delete content was 96.2%"
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What is the plan?
The headline should have said "Google pays Russia 0.000000007% of its net worth to keep ignoring what Russia tells them", then it makes more sense.
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That depends. Some material may be deemed illegal because the government doesn't like it, not because it actually violates some objective (even if unfair) law. It only became illegal when the government noticed it, not the government noticed it because it was illegal. This would likely be the case for videos critical of Putin, as opposed to videos supporting same-sex equality.
In any case, the phrasing is clearly designed to indicate material that the writer doesn't think should be illegal, but the Russia
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I don't think you understand how Russia works.
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In Japan the law is such an arse that simply being accused by the police pretty much guarantees a prosecution because hey the police can't be wrong can they, just look at their prosecution success rate.so it stands to reason that if everyone they accuse is prosecuted then everyone they subsequently accuse must be guilty.
Law is whatever the politicians make it to be, judges do as they're told in countries like Russia, if they don't want to have an accident where they 'accidentally' fall out of an eighth floo
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In Japan, there really isn't a need for judges. They just rubber stamp guilty on any case brought to them. I read an interview of a retired judge who regretted voting guilty for someone who was later found to be innocent. He said that despite him believing the man was innocent, he voted guilty because he didn't want to disrespect the police. Note, trials in Japan are by a three judge panel. There is no jury of your peers.
Might want to increase that a bit, Mr. Putin (Score:4, Funny)
If you want to get the attention of a company making $400M/day, you need to fine them more than half a million for a year.
Half a million bucks huh ? (Score:1)
That'll show 'em !
I think that's Google HQ's Post-It Note allowance for the year.
That's gotta hurt.