Europe’s highest court has sided with Italian regulators in a legal battle against Google, upholding a €750,000 fine — roughly $854,250 — tied to gambling advertisements that appeared on the YouTube platform.
The Court of Justice of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, issued the ruling on Thursday, finding that Google’s responsibility extends to videos posted by content creators who have commercial agreements with the company.
In its decision, the court stated: “Google may be held liable for the YouTube videos of a content creator with whom it has a commercial partnership.”
The fine was originally issued by Italy’s communications authority four years ago. The case is officially identified as C-421/24 AGCOM (Online gambling).
