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Google aren't in France in order to better serve up search results - that can be done from anywhere. Google are in France to sell advertising, they are carrying

by cmdkeen 10y ago

Google aren't in France in order to better serve up search results - that can be done from anywhere. Google are in France to sell advertising, they are carrying on a business selling services to French companies. One of the big things in the UK was Google claiming they sold all their adverts from the Republic of Ireland not the UK and thus could pay Irish taxes. This was despite having lots of sales staff at their London office...

logicchains 10y ago
>Google aren't in France in order to better serve up search results - that can be done from anywhere. Google are in France to sell advertising, they are carrying on a business selling services to French companies. This doesn't contradict my point that Google are providing service to people (or the businesses people run) in France.