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Moscow Court Fines Telegram 11.4 Million Rubles for Refusing to Remove Banned Content

A Moscow court fined Telegram 11.4 million rubles for failing to remove prohibited content regarding the special military operation in Ukraine.

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A court in Moscow fined the messaging platform Telegram 11.4 million rubles for failing to remove content prohibited in Russia. [1] The Moscow Tagansky Court fined Telegram 11.4 million rubles for refusing to delete three specific publications containing false information about the special military operation in Ukraine and extremist material. [2] The court issued three separate protocols for these violations, with each protocol carrying a fine of 3.8 million rubles. [3] A qualitative study was conducted with 15 practitioners from 12 Germany-based civil society organizations engaged in online monitoring. [4] Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a vital yet underrecognized role in monitoring antidemocratic dynamics online, distinct from fact-checkers or content moderators. [5] Enhanced search capabilities were identified as the most pressing technical need for civil society organizations monitoring online spaces. [6] Monitoring by civil society organizations remains largely manual due to the lack of tailored technical tools. [7]
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  1. A court in Moscow fined the messaging platform Telegram 11.4 million rubles for failing to remove content prohibited in Russia. · Lenta.ruRussia
  2. The Moscow Tagansky Court fined Telegram 11.4 million rubles for refusing to delete three specific publications containing false information about the special military operation in Ukraine and extremist material. · Lenta.ruRussia
  3. The court issued three separate protocols for these violations, with each protocol carrying a fine of 3.8 million rubles. · Lenta.ruRussia
  4. A qualitative study was conducted with 15 practitioners from 12 Germany-based civil society organizations engaged in online monitoring. · arXiv.org
  5. Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a vital yet underrecognized role in monitoring antidemocratic dynamics online, distinct from fact-checkers or content moderators. · arXiv.org
  6. Enhanced search capabilities were identified as the most pressing technical need for civil society organizations monitoring online spaces. · arXiv.org
  7. Monitoring by civil society organizations remains largely manual due to the lack of tailored technical tools. · arXiv.org
The one we could place publishes from Russia. 1 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.
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