MOSCOW — Russian news reports say that Google has agreed with national authorities to delete links to websites banned in Russia. The daily Vedomosti reported Thursday that Google has reached an agreement with the Russian state media oversight agency, Roskomnadzor, to regularly receive updated lists of banned sites and delete links to them upon review. The newspaper says Google has already removed about 70 per cent of the banned websites from its search results. The RIA Novosti news agency quoted Roskomnadzor as saying it has established a “constructive dialogue” with Google. Last December, Roskomnadzor fined Google 500,000 rubles ($7,600) for failing to delete links to the banned sites.

Source: National Post February 08, 2019 18:11 UTC