A Russian court has imposed heavy fines on Facebook and Twitter

Russia has recently taken a hard line on US technology companies Facebook and Twitter, accusing them of interfering in parliamentary elections.

According to the news agency, a court in Moscow on Tuesday imposed five fines worth 21 million rubles on Facebook, which amounts to 288,000 US dollars. At the same time, the same court also imposed a fine of 5 million rubles on Twitter.

According to the Russian news agency, Facebook has been fined 90 million rubles in Russia and Twitter 45 million rubles.

The court also imposed a hefty fine on Google for failing to protect users’ data.