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.