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THE FAS RUSSIA FINED YANDEX AND GOOGLE LLC

04-12-2020 | 12:39

100 thousand rubles fines were imposed for distribution in search engines of an advertisement for a dietary supplement that contained Kava pepper that is prohibited for manufacture and distribution

The FAS Russia recognized both Yandex and Google LLC as violators of the Part 1 of the Article 7 of the Federal Law No. 38-FZ of March 13, 2006 "On Advertising" following a review of materials on the distribution of advertising for the dietary supplement Gaia Herbs.

In March 2020, an advertisement for dietary supplements was distributed in the Yandex.Direct service and in the Google AdWords service, which was a hyperlink that led customer to the ru.iherb.com website.

Let us recall that the Gaia Herbs supplement contains pepper Kava (píper methýsticum), which belongs to the list of superpotent substance, and its manufacture and distribution in the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited, as well as its advertising.

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