Published 19 July 2021 at 14.42
Abroad. A court in Germany has sentenced the internet giant Google to pay the equivalent of one million kroner for censoring a video that showed demonstrations against the corona & shy; restrictions in Switzerland, writes Welt am Sonntag.
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On April 20, 2020, the court ruled that Google would permanently republish the video without delay, but the Internet giant did not do so until May 14, 2020.
The censored account holder's lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel describes the verdict as a victory for freedom of expression on the internet and notes that these are historically high fines.
However, the case is not over yet and a spokesman for Google tells Welt am Sonntag that the internet giant intends to continue to “fight misinformation about covid -19 “.