Russian Court Wants Google to Cough Up $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
The court imposed the fine, which is doubling every week, following lawsuits brought by Russian TV channels blocked from YouTube.
By Todd Feathers Published October 29, 2024 | Comments (74)
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A Russian court has ordered Google to fork over a calculator-breaking sum of money to more than a dozen TV channels whose programming the tech company blocked from appearing on YouTube.
The fine has been accruing since 2020, when Russian outlets Tsargrad TV and RIA FAN sued Google for blocking their content, according to Novaya Gazeta. Since then, the penalty has continued to grow as 15 other channels, including Kremlin-backed networks, won court cases against Google. “As of Tuesday, the fine totaled 2 undecillion rubles (that’s 2 followed by 36 zeros), which is equivalent to about $20 decillion (2 followed by 34 zeros) U.S. dollars.
Given that Google has gone years without paying the fine, it’s unlikely the company is going to open its checkbook now that the numbers are getting really goofy. And even if it wanted to, Google couldn’t cover the bill. As the fourth most valuable company in the world, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has a market capitalization of only $2 trillion.
Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine reported that the court fine is doubling every week that Google fails to pay. At that rate, it will take roughly 219 weeks before Google owes $1 googol (1 followed by 100 zeros).
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Russian Court Wants Google to Cough Up $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
The court imposed the fine, which is doubling every week, following lawsuits brought by Russian TV channels blocked from YouTube.
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Putin hurting
As if they will ever get that money.
