RUSSIAN ROULETTE

A Russian court on Tuesday issued a fine to Google and threatened to slow down its traffic for not removing what it referred to as illegal content.

Google received a fine of 6 million rubles, or approximately $81,600, for administrative offenses, Reuters reports. This fine comes after Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor said it gave Google 24 hours to remove videos containing drugs, violence and extremism.

According to Reuters, Russia could place a slowdown of internet traffic in Russia, noting that the country has previously placed a slowdown on Twitter for refusing to take down content. Last month, Twitter was also issued three separate fines totaling around $121,000.