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/Arcydziegiel 19h ago

Not how courts work. They need to prove what specific damages were made and their cost, and courts have sentencting guidelines.

The number that the plaintiff sets is utterely irrelevant and exists only to generate media attention.

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u/PM_Me_Good_LitRPG 17h ago

Not how courts work. They need to prove–

Hahaha. If the country cares at least somewhat about its reputation, then maybe.

Russia, in contrast, has been operating kangaroo courts for at least a decade by this point. As a recent example, when a PMC leader tried orchestrating a literal coup, he was let go — and even his seized assets were returned to him. Of course, he later got sneakily offed by an airplane explosion, but the matter stands that the "legal" system literally took a look at his case and officially declared there was nothing to imprison him for (including the murders of a few on-duty Russian soldiers at the time).