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According to Reuters, the Russian regulator Roskomnadzor has filed legal proceedings against two domestic technology giants, Google and Meta, and imposed a hefty fine of 5% to 10% of their annual turnover due to repeated violations of illegal and inappropriate content on the platform. The Moscow District Court ruled on December 24 that the Google platform repeatedly failed to delete as many as 2,600 content items deemed illegal by Russia, and imposed a fine of up to 7.2 billion rubles (about 2.7 billion Taiwan dollars). Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was also fined for the same reason. A total of about 2,000 illegal content items that Facebook and Instagram did not remove were fined 2 billion rubles (about 750 million Taiwan dollars). Illegal content deemed inappropriate by Russia includes encouraging dangerous behavior related to drug use, providing instructions for making weapons and explosives, same-sex propaganda, and items related to what the Russian government defines as extremists or terrorists.