Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content, threatens slowdown

Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content and said that Moscow could impose a punitive slowdown measure on it, the TASS new agency reported.

FILE PHOTO: Google logo is seen on on the company's European headquarters in Dublin
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on on the company's European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

MOSCOW: Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content and said that Moscow could impose a punitive slowdown measure on it, the TASS new agency reported.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by David Evans)

Source: Reuters