Social media web site Reddit faces being fined for the primary time in Russia for not deleting “banned content material” that Moscow says discredits the Russian military, the Interfax information company reported on Wednesday, citing a Moscow courtroom.
Reddit joins a listing of web sites underneath scrutiny in Russia for failing to take away content material that Moscow deems unlawful, together with Wikimedia, streaming service Twitch, and Google.
Reddit could possibly be fined as much as 4 million roubles ($43,895) for failing to take away “knowingly false info” concerning the Soviet Union’s actions throughout World Conflict Two and content material that discredits the Russian Federation’s armed forces, in addition to different “extremist info”.
Reddit was not instantly accessible to remark.
Since invading Ukraine final 12 months, Russia has tightened controls over protection of the battle by media and bloggers, introducing harder punishments for “discrediting” the actions of its armed forces or publishing false details about them.
