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Did Google ever pay one of these fines?
by rplnt 8y ago
Did Google ever pay one of these fines?
- mdkdog 8y agoSeriously, is there any way for us to see if they paid any of this.?
- benjaminsuch 8y agoWhy do you assume they didn't?
- stefano 8y agoI 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.
- rplnt 8y agoFirst 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.
- kabsekabtak 8y agoDid they stop doing what got them fined?
- icebraining 8y agoYes, two years ago, in fact.
- simonster 8y agoYes. 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/1652044/000165204419000004/goog10-kq42018.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204419...).