Russian Court Fines Google Heavily for Restricting State Media on YouTube, SEO-Optimized Fine Details
October 31, 2024
A Russian court fines Google an astronomical sum for limiting state media channels on YouTube, surpassing Google's worth and the world's GDP. Kremlin urges Google to address the issue.
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles – a two followed by 36 zeroes – for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube.
In dollar terms that means the tech giant has been told to pay $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest companies, that is considerably more than the $2 trillion Google is worth.
In fact, it is far greater than the world’s total GDP, which is estimated by the International Monetary Fund to be $110 trillion.
The fine has reached such a gargantuan level because – as state news agency Tass has highlighted – it is rapidly increasing all the time.
According to Tass, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted he “cannot even pronounce this number” but urged “Google management to pay attention.”
The company has not commented publicly or responded to a BBC request for a statement.
