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		londons_explore on March 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertisin... If that's the case, they need to start issuing more fines to more companies to really make a dent. These fines are big, but as a percentage of the tech industry revenue, they're still under 0.1 percent

jquery on March 22, 2019 [–]

That's not the relevant comparison. What are the fines compared to net profit in the EU?

mirekrusin on March 23, 2019 | [–]

Fine is directly calculated on profit in EU - a'la tax.

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