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::"Do something about monopolies. The whole business model of Silicon Valley is monopoly." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnTwv8qtNA Thomas Frank]
=== Collecting illegally personal info from kids and should be fined ===
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/09/youtube-hit-complaint-child-advocacy-groups-which-say-illegally-targets-kids/482024002/: google services are for audiences of 13 years and older, but when it comes for money the rules suddenly changes]
== Google evading taxes ==
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Steuerschlupfloch-Google-Mutter-Alphabet-vermeidet-weiter-Steuern-in-Milliardenhoehe-3931187.html
=== Google Forced To Pay 13m of 6.4bn profits BUT Manages To Reduce The Amount ===
While we can clearly see such a deal is inadequate:
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It is hard to believe that £13m tax payment on $6.4bn turnover is an adequate tax bill. It feels more like a PR deal designed to counter the reputational damage created by Google failing to pay a fair share of tax on the profits it makes from its economic activity in the UK.
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From https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/23/google-paying-back-tax-only-a-beginning
We can then shortly see that the amount was even not completely true or paid by Google!
<blockquote>The company’s accounts show that the government was only able to claw back less than £100m in corporation tax from Google for the 2005-2014 period, and not the £130m the chancellor claimed.</blockquote>
From https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/04/google-uk-tax-deal-share-options-scheme.
== Google influencing policymakers and the law ==
