Russian court rejects Facebook owner Meta’s appeal over $26 million fine

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Facebook owner Meta Platforms, saying the company had 60 days to pay a 2 billion rouble ($26 million) fine over its failure to delete content which Russia deems illegal, the court said.

Meta Platforms did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

($1 = 75.5925 roubles)

(Reporting by Alex Marrow; writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Jason Neely)