On September 11, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission issued Section 6(b) orders to seven major tech companies—Alphabet (Google), Character.AI, Meta (Instagram/Facebook), OpenAI, Snap, and Elon Musk’s xAI—demanding detailed information about AI-powered ‘companion’ chatbots designed …
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By 2020, OECD analysis of multinational corporate tax avoidance identified Google among the most aggressive tax avoiders globally, with the company systematically avoiding an estimated $7+ billion annually in taxes through profit shifting to tax havens—maintaining an effective global tax rate under …
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Dutch regulatory filings revealed that in 2017, Google transferred $23 billion (€19.9 billion) through its Netherlands shell company to its Bermuda-based entity—one of the largest single-year tax avoidance maneuvers in corporate history, allowing Google to avoid approximately $4 billion in taxes on …
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