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Big5 have to pay Six months ago, netzpolitik.org pointed out that the big tech companies, GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft), the Big Five, must be forced to pay taxes in the EU as well. At that time, this was a hot topic because, after the "deal" in the customs dispute with Trump, many people slowly realized how far the EU had bowed down to him. Netzpoltik.org wrote at the time: In the "tariff dispute" – by which I mean Ursula von der Leyen's submission to Trump's dictates – she would have had the opportunity to at least throw this demand into the mix. Instead, the EU agreed to all of the US's demands and, despite the tariffs, agreed to purchase hundreds of billions worth of oil and gas from the US, thereby undermining its own Green Deal for years to come.And no sooner has Google been fined €3 billion for defrauding its own advertising customers in the EU than Trump threatens "tariffs" again because of the "unfair" ruling. Justice should be independant! When will the EU finally stand up to him?
What remains?At the EU level, where market power could be leveraged, there is a retreat. What remains are small seedlings that bend over at the slightest headwind. We can cite the back-and-forth on open software in Munich's administration and, more recently, Schleswig-Holstein's first steps in switching from Microsoft to open source in the state's administration. Not even at the federal level are these steps being followed, and despite tight budgets, the government prefers to continue paying license fees to Microsoft ...Category[21]: Unsere Themen in der Presse Short-Link to this page: a-fsa.de/e/3N6 Link to this page: https://www.a-fsa.de/de/articles/9443-20260218-wo-bleibt-die-digitalabgabe.html Link with Tor: http://a6pdp5vmmw4zm5tifrc3qo2pyz7mvnk4zzimpesnckvzinubzmioddad.onion/de/articles/9443-20260218-wo-bleibt-die-digitalabgabe.html Tags: #Big5 #GAFAM #EU #Google #Strafen #Werbebetrug #Diskriminierung #Zensur #Transparenz #Informationsfreiheit #Verbraucherdatenschutz #Datensicherheit #Meinungsmonopol #Meinungsfreiheit #Verhaltensänderung #Mitbestimmung #OpenSource #Linux #München #Schleswig-Holstein Created: 2026-02-18 06:16:02 Leave a Comment |