For the first time, Roskomnadzor blamed the WhatsApp messenger for refusing to delete information banned in Russia, the company could be fined up to 4 million rubles. It has been reported interfax With reference to Zulfiya Gurnchuk, press secretary of the Tagansky Court of Moscow.
According to him, the protocol is of an administrative nature. The court date has not yet been set.
According to the court, Roskomnadzor filed claims against the messenger because the company did not remove information about the drug sale spread via WhatsApp.
According to the agency, the court also sued the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. for refusing to remove from Wikipedia false information about Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. received a new administrative protocol against him. If the companies’ guilt is confirmed, they will be fined up to 4 million rubles each.
In April, the Tagansky Court of Moscow fine 2 million rubles for the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages Wikipedia, for not deleting information that is prohibited in the Russian Federation.