Even the American government and the wild cowboy Trump will not be able to tame these five digital sweet-tooths. But honestly, it's good when someone like Trump at least addresses it, even though Amazon boss Bezos, who also owns the powerful Washington Post, can piss on him even more every day. And it's noble when courageous uk rcs data members of the US Congress also ask Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg to attend a hearing. Knowing full well that this will cost them their jobs and office.
the activities of the five so submissively is a Brussels tragedy. Do you remember how the EU wanted to punish the search giant Google with billions in fines in 2014 for its activities? Bygone days. Today, Google is more likely to collect EU subsidies and is free to redirect its income to the EEA locations with the lowest taxes. A sales withholding tax, which would be the simplest solution, has long been off the table.
I would really like to know how many millions in tax revenue Google pays from its profits into the budgets of Zurich, the canton and the federal government. After all, Zurich is Google's largest location outside of Silicon Valley (where I'm about to land). But that's where tax secrecy comes in. And we - the subjects who have been screened five times - should still allow a few secrets.