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SOURCE: Russia fines Google more than entire world's GDP
I suspect they'll have a hard time collecting. This really shows how the law can be an ass, especially when under the control of a despot.
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, external - it is rapidly increasing all the time.
I suspect they'll have a hard time collecting. This really shows how the law can be an ass, especially when under the control of a despot.
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, external - it is rapidly increasing all the time.
