French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval, US tech giants like Google and Meta could face new taxes on content[Updated]
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France's proposed data levy could raise €10 billion annually from major content providers.
  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    My point is that it’s ridiculous to propose a regressive tax on internet when the zucman tax was voted down earlier this year

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        13 hours ago

        They aren’t socialists, they’re members of the center-left neoliberal “parti socialiste”.

        The solution to the debt crisis is not regressive taxes and austerity, that’s what Macron’s been doing and it’s only gotten worse.