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So Reddit profiting from the work of mods and its users: Scandal
Meta and Google profiting from the work of journalists without paying any taxes in Canada: Totally normal
I don’t know where you get the idea they don’t pay taxes here. When they operate here they pay taxes here.
However, this argument that merely linking to content means you must pay the creator of that content is bullshit. If that is true we should just shut down the internet now.
This isn’t anything like Reddit either. Journalists get paid, unlike Reddit mods and users. The news agencies can and do put content behind paywalls. If they choose to put content up for free that is also their choice. Then they don’t get paid for it.
I think this whole thing makes it abundantly clear that the news sites benefit more from the links from Google and Meta then the other way around.
They don't pay taxes in Canada
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/canadian-taxes-dont-apply-to-companies-like-google-and-we-pay-with-jobs_ca_5cd51c2de4b07bc72974e01c/amp
Because they operate from the USA... But wait! Even in the USA they don't pay their taxes!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-taxes-netherlands-idUSKCN1OX1G9
https://www.salon.com/2021/06/01/amazon-facebook-and-other-tech-giants-paid-almost-100b-less-in-taxes-than-they-claimed-analysis_partner/
So you can stop defending them now, they don't care about you, you don't need to care about them.
None of this has anything to do with trying to force people to pay for simply linking to content on the internet, which is what this stupid law does.
Re taxes, of course they don't pay income tax in Canada. Why would a US company pay Canadian or income tax in any other country? That's beyond stupid. As I said, WHEN THEY OPERATE HERE, e.g. employ people or sell things, then yes they do pay Canadian taxes. They have Canadian subsidiaries for these things and those all obey all our laws and pay our taxes.
Also, I'm not "defending" anyone. I'm explaining to you how taxes work as you don't seem to understand.
Because they're profiting from the work of Canadians and no they don't have subsidiaries, they don't even pay taxes in the USA, I linked to articles about it in another comment.
Edit: Oh lol, that was the comment you were replying to? Freaking hell, you couldn't even be bothered to check the links?