Over the past two years, Russian courts have issued fines totaling over 162 million rubles for social networks violating requirements to independently remove prohibited content. This was reported by the press service of the Supreme Court of Russia.
Since 2021, social network owners have been obliged to identify and remove materials that violate Russian law. In 2023, articles were introduced into the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia, providing for liability for failure to fulfill these obligations. The first is for the lack of self-control when posting prohibited information, the second is for failure to comply with Roskomnadzor's instructions regarding repeated violations.
According to the Supreme Court, 78 decisions were made under these articles in 2024-2025. The total amount of fines amounted to 162.8 million rubles. In 2024, the courts imposed fines of 33.8 million rubles, and for 11 months of 2025 - already 99 million.
Among the platforms involved are Telegram, Pinterest, Twitch, Discord, YouTube and TikTok. In December 2025, the magistrate court of the Tagansky district of Moscow additionally fined Telegram and Twitch 6 million rubles each, and TikTok - several fines of 4 million each. Previously, Likeme Pte Ltd, the owner of the Singaporean short video network Likee, was also held liable for publishing videos involving roofers.
According to the law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection", social networks are obliged to restrict access to materials containing pornography involving minors, drug propaganda, suicide, extremism and other prohibited content.
