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		jquery on March 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertisin... At $1.5B, it's about collecting revenue to fund EU activities. It's far beyond the amount of revenue the infraction generated by order(s?) of magnitude, and was a gray area to boot. Keeping the taxes as "fines" ensures they can give EU companies favorable treatment. It's the definition of corrupt: "a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money"

andrepd on March 20, 2019 [–]

>It's far beyond the amount of revenue the infraction generated by order(s?) of magnitude

$1.5B is far below the amount of revenue Google got from advertising since 2006. I'm not sure what you mean by this.

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