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Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:57PM (#29675875)
>"Russia has ordered companies to delete posts promoting drug abuse and dangerous pastimes, information about homemade weapons and explosives, as well as ones by groups it designates as extremist or terrorist."

Personally I am against of this kind of regulation but frankly I do not see anything outrageous. Assuming they're not marking legitimate discussions as extremists.

Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by yaris on Friday December 24, 2021 @01:59PM (#29676611)
Basically this is exactly ehat they do. FBK (Anti-Corruption Fund) is declared ”extremist organization” in Russia for it discloses corruption among Russian gov-t and top administration. And Google is guilty of not removing information from/about FBK.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:13PM (#29676756)
Well that sucks of course.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by joedoejr on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:04PM (#29676660)
The groups that designates as extremist or terrorist include FBK and Projekt.media who exposing corruption and war crimes of Russia rulers and their oligarch walkets.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by throwaway21_ on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:22PM (#29679102)
So something like Assange.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by lostmsu on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:34PM (#29679165)
Yes, except US government does not try to order Google to delist Wikileaks. And has not tried to poison the man. AFAIK.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by throwawaylinux on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:37PM (#29679498)
Hillary Clinton inquired about murdering him with a drone. I'm sure many others were thinking it or saying it. And America has had other people (including its own citizens) executed outside the judicial system.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:40PM (#29679517)
It prefers drones. Or ruins whole nations killing a scores in a process. I wonder what the victims would tell giving a chance.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by dsabanin on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:56PM (#29679936)
Nothing like Assange. All FBK sources are open databases and registries. The corruption in Russia is that obvious.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by janeroe on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:26PM (#29676905)
> Assuming they're not marking legitimate discussions as extremists.

Which they do. They're fining Github (threatening to block it) for not removing a repo with "candidates without ties to the ruling party" during election. The justification is the repo was created by FBK Anti-Corruption Foundation which was declared extremist for "undermining the basis of the constitutional order". Nobody would admit it here but something equally ugly is going on with J6 stuff.

Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:44PM (#29679532)
>"They're fining Github (threatening to block it) for not removing a repo with "candidates without ties to the ruling party" during election"

Not a good example. US had Github to delist repos for political reasons as well and have no doubt what would've happened to Github had it chosen not to comply.