Apple has been fined of 2 million rubles (about $34,000) by a Moscow court for to reject store Personal data of Russia users on servers in Russia. The move It is seen as a part of government’s way of control.
Zoom video for telecom and Ookla which runs Internet tool Speedtest, they were fined 1 million rubles under the same law. Russians government was trying for years to impose greater control over Internet and social mediaan intensified effort in Recent months trying to limit the flow of information about the war in Ukraine. In March, a Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram for what it described as “extremist activities”.
For years, Russia connections regulatory Roskomnadzor agency tried it force big technology comp for move data of Russian users of servers in Russia. Google, Facebook and Twitter have all been accused of Violation of the 2015 law and ordered to pay fines.
Apple was fined on Tuesday for The first time, Interfax news agency reported. She said the Apple representative argued in Court that group of data in Russia is not handled by Apple Inc. But by a separate entity, Apple Distribution. A representative of Roskomnadzor insisted that Apple was responsible.
Airbnb, Pinterest and Twitch video streaming service were fined 2 million rubles last month under the same law.
