A $70b fine would justify the excessive targeting of a major EU corporation in response.
If the EU were to pretend that Google deserved an arbitrary $70b fine, then they could just as easily pretend US big tech broadly deserves several hundred billion USD in fines.
It's pretty clear where that kind of insane behavior leads.
Proportionality doesn't work with companies that are disproportionally rich. The purpose of the fine is to get them to stop violating people's rights and it's clear that pitiful 2 billion dollar fines are not going to accomplish that objective.
> It's pretty clear where that kind of insane behavior leads.
It leads to Google no longer being a monopoly as well as being more respectful of people's privacy.
Ok, how much should the EU be allowed to fine Google?
How about $12b, that should be 10% of the money they have on hand as I understand it. I think getting fined 10% of your operating money might make you compliant to the law - or is the problem that Google should never be fined any amount that would cause them to become compliant to the law?
on edit: put dollar sign in