A court in Moscow’s Tagansky District found Twitch guilty of failing to delete banned information from its platform, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. The court fined twitch 4 million Rubles (about $57,000) for failing to delete what it says is “incorrect” material on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which the Russian authorities call a “special military operation.” According to reports, the infringing material included what the Russian government alleges is false information regarding civilian losses, widespread mobilisation, and the “form and techniques” of Russia’s military actions.
Twitch’s failure to delete footage involving lawyer Mark Feigin and former Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksii Arestovych was also highlighted in the verdict. Until earlier this month, he was a Strategic Communications Advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky. Mark Feigin, meantime, is a Russian lawyer and activist who has been involved in numerous high-profile defence cases. These include Leonid Razvozzhayev, a member of the opposition party, and Nadiya Savchenko, a captured Ukrainian air force pilot. Feigin’s attorney status was revoked by the Russian government in 2018 and he is now considered a foreign agent.
