Wikimedia fined by Russia for posting false articles about the conflict in Ukraine
In Moscow (Russia), the court No. 422 Tagansky district fined the non-profit Wikimedia organization 3 million rubles (about 38,000 USD) for publishing 7 articles on the Wikipedia page with ‘unreliable’ content about the campaign. military in Ukraine.
Accordingly, Judge Timur Vakhrameev sentenced Wikimedia for not deleting information banned in Russia (according to clause 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Violations), with 7 articles containing content that narrated the development of the conflict from the perspective of Ukraineincluding the conflict at Bucha, the destruction of a hospital and theater in Mariupol.
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Wikimedia has been fined by Russia for publishing false information about the Ukraine conflict on Wikipedia reuters |
Before that, Roskomnadzor (the federal watchdog for communications, technology Russian news and mass media), has repeatedly asked Wikipedia to remove the aforementioned articles.
According to OVD-NewsRoskomnadzor argues that Wikipedia “has become a constant stream of information attacking the Russians”, where “authors intentionally post false information in a way that looks real”.
Before Wikimedia, Tagansky District Court No. 422 fined Google 11 million rubles for refusing to remove videos related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict on video platforms YouTube.
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