Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Don't hold your breath PutinA Russian court has ruled that Google owes Russian media stations around $20 decillion in fines for blocking their content, and the fines could get bigger.To put that into perspective, the World Bank estimates global GDP as around $100 trillion, which is peanuts compared to the prospective fine. Google would therefore have to find more money than exists on Earth to pay Moscow - but on Tuesday fell a little short of that mark when it posted $88 billion quarterly revenue.The bizarre amount has been calculated after a four-year court case that started after YouTube banned the ultra-nationalist Russian channel Tsargrad in 2020 in response to the US sanctions imposed against its owner. Following Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022 more channels were added to the banned list and 17 stations are now suing the Chocolate Factory, including Zvezda (a TV channel owned by Putin's Ministry of Defence), according to local media.
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0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 30 Oct
đź‘€ Names For Large Numbers #746688
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 13h
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 18h
I would really love to see them try to collect on this!!
Do you think it is the opening salvo on trying to get back their “frozen money” and all of the interest due on it?
After all, THEY have been using it to make “loans” to Ukraine, AKA the most corrupt European country.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 16h
I don't know why, but there must be a reason.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 7h
Is it a set up for future action. They may be thinking of the future moves.
Personally, I hope they throttle Google by their collective throats.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 7h
yep! something is cooking.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 5h
I just hope the whole crew at Google get the FULL treatment.
They earned and deserve it!!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 30 Oct
Well, if russia rules the world they may be able to impose that fine.
Wouldnt hold my breath, though.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 30 Oct
I didn't even know there was such a name for the number! It would make a good post on ~charts_and_numbers. Ahahah
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