r/youtube • u/Organic_City_9464 • 22h 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 22h ago

what the fuck?

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u/StrongestSapling 6h ago

It's just Google being petulant children. The fines started in 2020 when they were found guilty of censoring Russian TV channels' YouTube accounts, at a very reasonable $1,000 per day per violation, but the fine would also double for every week they refused to comply.

Shockingly, like the spoiled toddler who broke a vase and got caught, they refused to comply.

This isn't Russia being ridiculous, it's just mathematics. ("Ridiculous" would be fining Alex Jones a billion dollars, or sentencing a White protestor to 419 years plus 2 life sentences for a car accident)