Russia fines Apple two seconds of profit over promoting LGBTQ+ rights
Apple has been fined $131,000 by a Russian court that found it guilty of breaking the country's laws on what it describes as LGBT propaganda.Moscow — image credit:WikimediaIn 2023, a Russian kangaroo court fined Apple $42,000, or what was then two seconds of profit, over "spreading false information about the Ukraine conflict." Apple News had basically included news reports saying that there was such a conflict, which broke Russian laws against discussions siding with Ukraine.Now a different Russian court has also fined Apple around two seconds' worth of profit. It's just that by 2025, that per-second profit was much higher. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple has been fined $131,000 by a Russian court that found it guilty of breaking the country's laws on what it describes as LGBT propaganda.
In 2023, a Russian kangaroo court fined Apple $42,000, or what was then two seconds of profit, over "spreading false information about the Ukraine conflict." Apple News had basically included news reports saying that there was such a conflict, which broke Russian laws against discussions siding with Ukraine.
Now a different Russian court has also fined Apple around two seconds' worth of profit. It's just that by 2025, that per-second profit was much higher.
Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
In 2023, a Russian kangaroo court fined Apple $42,000, or what was then two seconds of profit, over "spreading false information about the Ukraine conflict." Apple News had basically included news reports saying that there was such a conflict, which broke Russian laws against discussions siding with Ukraine.
Now a different Russian court has also fined Apple around two seconds' worth of profit. It's just that by 2025, that per-second profit was much higher.
Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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