Obnews Digital Desk. Russia has imposed a huge fine on Google. The company has imposed a fine of 20 trillion dollars. If you want to estimate this amount, you will have to add 33 more zeros behind 20. After this this amount will be completed.
Why was the fine imposed?
According to the news, the Russian court has imposed a fine on YouTube, which is part of Google's parent company Alphabet. This fine has been imposed for blocking the Russia channel. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, YouTube has blocked Russia's government media channel, after which the fine has been imposed in this manner. This fine is so big that even the GDP of the entire world appears in front of it in small amounts. The court has also admitted that Google has violated the rules by blocking the Russia channel.
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World GDP is small
In the orders given by the court, it has been said that Google will have to restore these channels immediately. If YouTube does not do this, the fine will be doubled every day after 9 months.
If we talk about the beginning of the case, it started in March 2022, when YouTube imposed a global ban on many Russian channels. The company had cited its policies behind this. Along with this, let us tell you that YouTube has taken action against at least 1000 channels which were supporting Russia's attack on Ukraine. Also 15,000 videos have also been removed. Before banning it worldwide, Russian government media channels were banned in Europe, due to which Russia has already fined Google.
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Fine has already been imposed
The case began in 2020, under which Google was fined 1,00,000 rubles per day for blocking Russian state media. YouTube still works in Russia and is fully functional.
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