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This was civil injunction & damages case. For court to declare judgement against Google (or any other company) someone needs to sue them. That's expensive and people in EU are not nearly as sue-happy as people on other side of Atlantic. Many courts in EU also have loser-pays model so there is huge financial risk in suing huge multinational corporation whose final legal bill might be bigger than person's lifetime earnings. And depending on country they might not even have personal bankruptcy available to discharge that.

This also heavily relies on recent CJEU ruling (WebGroup/Coyote, 16 June 2026, C-188/24) which essentially opened up the E-Commerce Directive's liability shield that platforms have been relying on so far. Essentially it said that that platform's are not necessarily neutral hosting providers when they control the algorithms that determine the dissemination. So I would expect more rulings to come, but it will take time.




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