The Justice of Judicial Section No. 422 of the Moscow Tagansky district fined Coursera and Discord for refusing to locate the personal data of the Russians. Both companies received fines of 2 million rubles, said the telegram channel of the courts of the general jurisdiction of the capital.
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Companies declared guilty under part 8 of article 13.11 of the Administrative Code (violation of Russian legislation in the field of personal data). The maximum fine for this article is 6 million rubles.
Roskomnadzor developed administrative protocols against Coursera and Discord at the end of January. Previously, companies were not persecuted under the article about the refusal to locate the data of the Russians.
Coursera is an online educational platform based in the United States and provides free and subscription courses. In March 2022, the company suspended cooperation with Russian universities and left the Russian online education market.
The Discord messenger was blocked in Russia on October 8 for the placement of “illegal information” and not complement with the requirements, “whose implementation is necessary to avoid threats to use a messenger for terrorist and extremist purposes, recruiting citizens for citizens Perform them, and selling drugs. “The former head of the Policy Committee Information Information of the State Duma, Alexander Khinshtein, declared that Discord may resume work in Russia if the service administration meets the requirements of Russian legislation.
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