alt Hacker NewsI have never seen any proof that they actually pay these.. Can someone enlighten me? (I would just ignore 'em... maybe I would get a strongly worded letter..)
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They report paying them in their audited quarterly financial statements.
My understanding is they seem to only pay them in jurisdictions where they are making enough profit to justify paying them. If Uganda for example levied these fines they’d just threaten to pull out, and would likely follow through on that.
They would be paying yes.
By the time the public hears about it like this it means attempts to avert it by the army of corporate lawyers & compliance experts have already failed
>I would just ignore 'em
That goes about as well as you refusing to pay your taxes. Pointless because while governments are slow they do eventually come for their pound of flesh
Why do you think they can ignore it? Meta has physical presence in the EU and most likely in Italy too. I doubt Meta's stock would like the Italian Government confiscating Meta's assets.