In Europe, the image of American Internet giants like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon could not be much worse. Once hailed as the forerunners of a new era, today those companies are considered to be unscrupulous, greedy data leeches and, worst of all, tax evaders.
For politicians, hitting tech companies hard therefore promises instant positive returns.
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