3 items worth mentioning that are relevant to this case: 1) Google is in the process of appealing this decision and could very well end up winning (or having t

3 items worth mentioning that are relevant to this case: 1) Google is in the process of appealing this decision and could very well end up winning (or having the fine significantly reduced) in the end. 2) At least to some degree, decisions like this are likely protectionism aimed at US companies. "[Americans] have owned the Internet. Our companies have created it, expanded it, perfected it in ways that [European companies] can’t compete," Obama said in an interview with Recode in 2015. "And oftentimes what is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests." 3) When people talk about how free speech has greater protections in the US than in the EU, this is one of the things they are talking about.