the Junior Minister for digital Affairs France Serdica On said that the country would be happy if Twitter and other companies of the “Silicon Valley” will take the headquarters to France. About it reports Bloomberg.
the Minister immediately said that have not yet been contacted by the leaders of the American company: “If Twitter decides that conditions in the United States no longer allow the company to develop in line with its values, Europe and particularly France will welcome the company.” About Cedric clarified that this invitation applies to all entrepreneurs and researchers from the United States. “Europe and France are open to a more humane and fair Internet,” he concluded.
the Proposal came against the background of the Twitter conflict with the American President Donald trump. May 26, the social network mark a message as invalid: in the publication, the President claimed that sending email newsletters will lead to email hacking and fraud.
Earlier, the French officials were not so kind to American it giants. For example, in September 2019 Google paid France a fine of € 500 million to settle a case about tax fraud. In March 2020 the French competition authority has imposed on Apple a penalty of 1.1 billion Euro for “abuse of economic superiority over the third-party product vendors of the company.” And in may, French lawmakers have obliged social networks and providers of online content and delete any information associated with paedophilia and terrorism within the hour. Otherwise, companies risk a fine in the amount up to 4% of their global income.
