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Russia Tech Firm Sells News Business As Censorship Grows Amid Ukraine War
Russia's leading internet firm Yandex on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell its news aggregator and yandex.ru homepage to state-controlled rival VK, a dramatic move that will likely further limit Russians' access to independent media.
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Google Faces $34 Million Fine in Russia Over Breach of Competition Rules: Details
Off page: Russia’s competition watchdog has fined Google RUB 2 billion (roughly Rs. 260 crore) on Tuesday for breaching competition rules, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said in a statement. The search giant is the latest foreign tech firm to be fined as part of Russia’s assertive campaign against foreign tech firms. The company said it...
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Russia Fines Google $360 Million for Failing to Remove Content on Ukraine After Repeated Warnings
Google has been fined RUB 21 billion (nearly Rs. 2,900 crore) by a Moscow court for failing to remove content concerning Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the nation's telecommunications regulator said Monday. Roskomnadzor said the Google-owned video platform YouTube had failed to block "false information" on the offensive in Ukraine, "ext...
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Russian Lawmakers Approve Harsher Rules for Foreign Tech Firms Without Offices, Personal Data Transfer
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill with stricter penalties for foreign internet companies that fail to open an office in Russia. Fines could be as high as 10 percent of a company's turnover in Russia from the previous year, rising to up to 20 percent for repeat violations.
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US Said to Ramp Up Kaspersky Security Probe Amid Fears of Cyberattack During Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War
US government is said to have sped up a national security probe into Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software amid increased fears of cyberattacks in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The probe is being executed using broad new powers created by the Trump administration that allow the Commerce Department to ban or restrict transactio...
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US Slaps Sanctions On Russian Tech Firms, Including Largest Chip Maker
The United States hit a series of Russian tech firms with sanctions Thursday, including the nation's largest chip maker, in the latest economic punishment for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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US To Sanction Russian Firms Providing Tech To Moscow's Military: Report
The Biden administration is preparing sanctions targeting Russian companies it says provides goods and services to Moscow's military and intelligence services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Russian News Channel RT to Broadcast on Rumble After Big Tech Curbs
RT said it will begin broadcasting on Rumble, a YouTube-like video site, after tech companies including Meta and Twitter have restricted access to RT following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Microsoft To Remove Russian-Linked News Apps, Media Ads From Its Platform
Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media, as global tech firms respond to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Facebook Deletes Some Content Banned in Russia, but Still Faces Fine: Report
Facebook has complied with Russian demands to delete some banned content, but it could still face a hefty fine as it was slow to do so, the Vedomosti newspaper cited state communications regulator Roskomnadzor as saying.
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Apple, Google Remove Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's App From Stores as Russian Elections Begin
Apple and Google have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, after Russia accused the US tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs.
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Russia Says Hope Won’t Have to Ban Western Tech Giants After Recent Tussle With Twitter
Russia has said that it hopes Moscow won’t have to block Western tech giants and stressed that the companies had to abide by Russian law. Russian authorities have in recent months ramped up pressure on foreign social media platforms, especially Twitter.
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Tencent-Backed China Firm, Russia's Mail.ru Said to Tie Up for Gaming Growth
Tencent-backed Chinese video game publisher iDreamSky Technology Holdings and Russian tech firm Mail.ru Group are said to be forming an alliance.
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Panic Over Russian Company's FaceApp Is Sign Of New Distrust Of Internet
Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most-downloaded smartphone app in America, a nationwide panic began to set in: Who was this shadowy Russian tech firm everyone had been sending their photos to? And what did they want with millions of people's faces?
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Tech Firms Must Do More On Extremism: World Economic Forum
US tech firms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc should be more aggressive in tackling extremism and political misinformation if they want to avoid government action, a report from the World Economic Forum said on Monday.
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Russia Tech Firm Sells News Business As Censorship Grows Amid Ukraine War
Russia's leading internet firm Yandex on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell its news aggregator and yandex.ru homepage to state-controlled rival VK, a dramatic move that will likely further limit Russians' access to independent media.
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Google Faces $34 Million Fine in Russia Over Breach of Competition Rules: Details
Off page: Russia’s competition watchdog has fined Google RUB 2 billion (roughly Rs. 260 crore) on Tuesday for breaching competition rules, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said in a statement. The search giant is the latest foreign tech firm to be fined as part of Russia’s assertive campaign against foreign tech firms. The company said it...
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Russia Fines Google $360 Million for Failing to Remove Content on Ukraine After Repeated Warnings
Google has been fined RUB 21 billion (nearly Rs. 2,900 crore) by a Moscow court for failing to remove content concerning Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the nation's telecommunications regulator said Monday. Roskomnadzor said the Google-owned video platform YouTube had failed to block "false information" on the offensive in Ukraine, "ext...
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Russian Lawmakers Approve Harsher Rules for Foreign Tech Firms Without Offices, Personal Data Transfer
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill with stricter penalties for foreign internet companies that fail to open an office in Russia. Fines could be as high as 10 percent of a company's turnover in Russia from the previous year, rising to up to 20 percent for repeat violations.
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US Said to Ramp Up Kaspersky Security Probe Amid Fears of Cyberattack During Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War
US government is said to have sped up a national security probe into Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software amid increased fears of cyberattacks in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The probe is being executed using broad new powers created by the Trump administration that allow the Commerce Department to ban or restrict transactio...
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US Slaps Sanctions On Russian Tech Firms, Including Largest Chip Maker
The United States hit a series of Russian tech firms with sanctions Thursday, including the nation's largest chip maker, in the latest economic punishment for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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US To Sanction Russian Firms Providing Tech To Moscow's Military: Report
The Biden administration is preparing sanctions targeting Russian companies it says provides goods and services to Moscow's military and intelligence services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Russian News Channel RT to Broadcast on Rumble After Big Tech Curbs
RT said it will begin broadcasting on Rumble, a YouTube-like video site, after tech companies including Meta and Twitter have restricted access to RT following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Microsoft To Remove Russian-Linked News Apps, Media Ads From Its Platform
Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media, as global tech firms respond to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Facebook Deletes Some Content Banned in Russia, but Still Faces Fine: Report
Facebook has complied with Russian demands to delete some banned content, but it could still face a hefty fine as it was slow to do so, the Vedomosti newspaper cited state communications regulator Roskomnadzor as saying.
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Apple, Google Remove Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's App From Stores as Russian Elections Begin
Apple and Google have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, after Russia accused the US tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs.
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Russia Says Hope Won’t Have to Ban Western Tech Giants After Recent Tussle With Twitter
Russia has said that it hopes Moscow won’t have to block Western tech giants and stressed that the companies had to abide by Russian law. Russian authorities have in recent months ramped up pressure on foreign social media platforms, especially Twitter.
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Tencent-Backed China Firm, Russia's Mail.ru Said to Tie Up for Gaming Growth
Tencent-backed Chinese video game publisher iDreamSky Technology Holdings and Russian tech firm Mail.ru Group are said to be forming an alliance.
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Panic Over Russian Company's FaceApp Is Sign Of New Distrust Of Internet
Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most-downloaded smartphone app in America, a nationwide panic began to set in: Who was this shadowy Russian tech firm everyone had been sending their photos to? And what did they want with millions of people's faces?
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Tech Firms Must Do More On Extremism: World Economic Forum
US tech firms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc should be more aggressive in tackling extremism and political misinformation if they want to avoid government action, a report from the World Economic Forum said on Monday.
