VKontakte says to contest magistrate’s 1.5 mln rbl fine

MOSCOW, May 12 (PRIME) -- A magistrate of the Central District of St. Petersburg has fined VKontakte 1.5 million rubles for non-deletion of posts calling for participation in illegal rallies, and the social network will contest the decision at court, a VKontakte spokesperson said on Wednesday.

“We disagree with the decision and plan to challenge it. The verdict again demonstrates the law enforcement practice of bringing social networks to responsibility and proves toughening regulation of the Internet,” VKontakte said.

The case contains eight links to the YouTube videos placed on the social network’s platform. VKontakte is accused of failing to delete them on request of the communications service.

(74.1567 rubles – U.S. $1)

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