TikTok fined $50,000 by court in Russia

(4 Oct 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY:    ASSOCIATED PRESS Moscow – 4 October 2022 1. Wide of participants of hearing standing 2. Wide of coat of arms of Russian Federation on wall in courtroom 3. Lawyer listening to verdict of judge saying UPSOUND (Russian): "The justice of the peace decided to recognise TikTok Pte. Ltd guilty of committing an offence under article 13.41, part 2 (The article is called: "Refusal to delete information by owner of the site, if the obligation for deleting it is provided by the legislation of the Russian federation") and impose a punishment in the form of an administrative fine of an amount of 3,000,000 rubles (50,825 U.S. dollars). The decision can be appealed in Moscow's Tagansky District court within 10 days." 4. Mid of lawyer of TikTok making notes   5. Various of people making notes in courtroom after end of hearing 6. Various of courtroom interiors 7. Various of Tagansky District court exteriors STORYLINE:    A court in Moscow has fined social media company TikTok 3,000,000 rubles (50,825 U.S. dollars) for refusing to remove content prohibited in the Russian Federation. The Tagansky District Court in Moscow considered a complaint by Russia's State Communications regulator against TikTok on Tuesday. The decision of the court can be appealed within 10 days. According to the case file, the decision was based on a  complaint by Russia's State Communications regulator over a refusal to remove content "promoting LGBT, radical feminism and a distorted view on traditional sexual relations." The complaint was caused by video published on Tik Tok on 10 February, in which an author spoke about English language teaching through genders. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...