No liability exemption for Google in Italian YouTube spat, EU court says
Alphabet unit Google is not immune from liability for videos uploaded to YouTube by commercial partners, Europe’s top court said on Thursday, a ruling which could put social media networks on the hook for uploaded content not managed by them.
The case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) centred on a spat between Google and Italy’s communication authority which fined the company €750,000 ($854,250) for gambling advertising on its YouTube video platform four years ago.
Google had challenged the fine handed out by an Italian administrative court in 2022, prompting that court to seek guidance from the CJEU.
