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LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s competition watchdog fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 2 billion roubles ($34.2 million) on Tuesday for abusing its dominant position in the video hosting market, the regulator said in a statement. The decision is the latest multi-million dollar fine as part of Moscow’s increasingly assertive campaign against foreign tech companies. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said the company had “abused its dominant position in the YouTube video hosting… Source link

Warriors owner Joe Lacob was fined $500,000 on Wednesday after he made comments criticizing the NBA’s current luxury tax system. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) The NBA fined Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob $500,000 on Wednesday for comments he made bashing the league’s current luxury tax system, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Lacob said on a recent episode of the “Point Forward” podcast that the luxury tax is part of a “very unfair system.” Lacob was fined as the… Source link

Russia imposed a nearly $365 million fine (21.1 billion rubles) on Google for failing to delete YouTube videos that go against the country’s laws, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a translated press release, Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor states that YouTube didn’t follow orders to remove “prohibited content,” which includes videos “promoting extremism and terrorism,” as well as supposedly false information about the war in Ukraine. In March, the Roskomnadzor… Source link

This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google was fined 21.8 billion roubles ($387 million) on Monday by a Russian court for a repeated failure to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia has long objected to foreign tech platforms’ distribution of content that fall foul of its restrictions, but what had been a simmering dispute… Source link

Google is introducing new options to reject tracking cookies in Europe after its existing dialog boxes were found to be in violation of EU data laws. Earlier this year, France’s data protection agency CNIL fined Google €150 million ($170 million) for deploying confusing language in cookie banners. Previously, Google allowed users to accept all tracking cookies with a single click, but forced people to click through various menus to reject them all. This asymmetry was unlawful, said… Source link

Youtube logo and Russian flag are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register April 21 (Reuters) – A Russian court has fined Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL.O) Google 11 million roubles ($137,763) for failing to delete what it terms “fake” information about the conflict in Ukraine and YouTube videos produced by Ukrainian far-right groups, TASS reported. Russia’s communications… Source link

April 15 (Reuters) – A Russian court has threatened U.S. Internet giant Google (GOOGL.O) and Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation with fines for failing to delete what it said was “fake” information about the Ukraine conflict, Interfax news agency reported on Friday. Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday that Google would face fines over its failure to delete from video sharing site YouTube content that Moscow considers illegal. read more Register now for FREE unlimited access to… Source link

Konstantin Malofeev, chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad media group, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 17 (Reuters) – The television channel of a sanctioned Russian businessman on Thursday said Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google had lost a court appeal against a 2021 ruling that the company pay a compounding fine for blocking access… Source link

The NBA fined New York Knicks forward Julius Randle $50,000 for shoving Phoenix Suns forward Cam Johnson and contacting an official during a game on Friday, the league announced Sunday. The league also noted in its statement that Randle was noncompliant in its investigation of the incident. Johnson goes off after Randle altercation The incident occurred late in the third quarter of the 115-114 Suns win. Randle shoved Johnson after the pair made contact in the post while fighting for rebounding… Source link

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III didn’t play a single down in Super Bowl LVI, but he has still managed to pick up a penalty and now a fine from the game. The NFL is docking Hargreaves $5,555 for his now-infamous penalty in which he joined a Bengals interception in street clothes, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Hargreaves, announced as inactive before the game, was called for unsportsmanlike conduct. The penalty was called near the end of of the first half, when Los… Source link