Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

Russia’s largest

Russia’s largest internet companies are teaming up with the country’s government to introduce a new tax to hit the pockets of their international competitors and funnel cash directly into the domestic market.

Representatives from Russian tech giants last week met with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko to help plan a levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ private data to sell targeted advertisements.

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