Russia fines streaming site Twitch over 31-second 'fake' video – agencies

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A Russian court accuses US-based live-streaming service Twitch of failing to remove a 31-second clip of a girl from the town of Bucha. The content of the video is not specified.

LONDON, United Kingdom – A court in Russia has fined streaming service Twitch 2 million roubles for hosting a short video containing what it calls “fake” information about alleged war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, August 16.

Russia has repeatedly threatened to fine sites – including Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia – it accuses of hosting “fake” content related to its military campaign in Ukraine. The court accused Twitch, a US-based live-streaming service popular with video gamers, of failing to remove a 31-second clip of a girl from the town of Bucha, the Kommersant newspaper reported. It did not specify the content of the video.Ukraine and its allies accuse Russian forces of committing atrocities in Bucha, a satellite town of Kyiv, after Moscow launched its invasion in February. Russia denies the charge.

Earlier, RIA reported that Telegram messenger was hit with two fines totalling 11 million roubles for refusing to delete channels which allegedly showed how to “sabotage” military vehicles and hosting “unreliable data” about Russia’s progress in what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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