A Large Company In Russia Is Fined For Contextual Advertising

Federal antimonopoly service of the russian federation fined ltd «yandex» for the promotion of bookmakers totaling 100 thousand. Rubles. The reason for the imposition of a fine was the violation of an interethnic company of advertising law.

So, the company owning the search engine launched the contextual advertising of such bookmakers as leon and «1 square». Also detailed information on violation, which is assigned to the administrative section is given in the imposition of a fine.

The ruling says that a certain citizen addressed to serve in order to report that in the country in the company’s search engine «yandex» details of bookmakers. During the set of phrases aimed at downloading and rates, contextual advertising is displayed.

Employees of the antimonopoly service clarify that this advertisement violates the law «about advertising» and the company must be responsible and pay the claimed fine.

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