Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising

Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by rplnt on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:29AM (#19440993)

Did Google ever pay one of these fines?

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by simonster on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:43AM (#19441091)

Yes. They are a significant enough expense that they are a separate line item on SEC filings (search for "European Commission fines" in https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204419...).

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by benjaminsuch on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:31AM (#19441001)

Why do you assume they didn't?

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by stefano on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @08:33AM (#19441388)

I don't know if that's the case with OP, but there's a good amount of HN users who think internet companies are above the law. Some of them also cheer it as a good thing.

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by rplnt on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:23AM (#19442482)

First of all, I didn't assume they didn't, not sure how you came up with that. And I asked because I remember that they appealed a fine like this in the past, and I do not know how it was resolved.

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by kabsekabtak on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:34AM (#19441028)

Did they stop doing what got them fined?

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by icebraining on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:09AM (#19441664)

Yes, two years ago, in fact.

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by mdkdog on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:46AM (#19441114)

Seriously, is there any way for us to see if they paid any of this.?

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