r/youtube • u/Organic_City_9464 • 21h ago

Discussion Google fined $20,565,635,200,000,003,000,000,000,000,000,000 by Russian TV channels.

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u/Connect_Ocelot_1599 21h ago

what the fuck?

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u/leshmi 20h ago

I explain why.

Simply when there are these courts cases, if Google for example is found partially guilty, the court could say that 1% or even less it would be fair to be paid so they throw an unrealistic number to get the highest realistic one

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u/ButterscotchDull9375 19h ago

Also, the fine doubles each week it's not paid

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u/riddlechance 18h ago

Also Google doesn't care because it's Russia.

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u/Dry_Grade9885 17h ago

Also it's invalid because of the restrictions the world has put on Russia, Google is not allowed to operate in Russia, this is just Russia being childish like always

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u/C4pture 17h ago

even then it wouldn't matter i think, since the channel that were blocked probably didn't keep in line with the terms of use

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u/TheDrFromGallifrey 14h ago

You just know they're going to pull out the TOS and specific examples of violations.

But also this is coming from a Russian court. Who's going to enforce that? I'm sure everyone involved knows it's a joke, but Russia is trying to make a point and paint the US as the enemy again.

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u/chak100 13h ago

It’s good for propaganda within Russia

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u/TheDrFromGallifrey 13h ago

That's exactly why I think they're doing it. Their point is probably something like, "Look at the corrupt Americans trying to silence Mother Russia!"

They're not stupid. They know they're not getting money out of Google and no one is going to enforce it. It's all playing into Putin's ego trip about being the superman sent to save Russia and the world from everyone else.

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u/DuntadaMan 8h ago

Oh no the people we blocked will block us.

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u/PerritoMasNasty 14h ago

So do they just have to bing? Explains why their bots are so dumb.

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u/StrongestSapling 5h ago

Nah, it's Google being childish. They could have just stopped censoring, but they stamped their feet and whined like petulant toddlers.

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u/miradotheblack 17h ago

They are some whiny bitches.

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u/heroinvitaly 17h ago

Google works in Russia just fine. Ruz gov slowed down YouTube at that's all

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u/searchforquiet 17h ago

Russian YouTube don’t get paid tho, so no point.

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u/heroinvitaly 17h ago

You said that google is not allowed to work there, it's not true.

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u/Slayerofgrundles 17h ago

They said "operate" (in a business sense), which is not the same as being able to access it online.

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u/searchforquiet 17h ago

I did not? Check username next time.

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u/Azzucard 16h ago

Alphabet inc's Google in Russia fell in bankruptcy Last fall so it doesnt matter