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Re:YouTube AI deletes war crimes evidence as 'extremist mate... by dom0 on Saturday August 12, 2017 @05:12PM (#14999994)
Google and Facebook are bigger than a single country now.
Re:YouTube AI deletes war crimes evidence as 'extremist mate... by geocar on Sunday August 13, 2017 @05:53AM (#15002284)
This is a strange way to define "bigger".

Google and Facebook combined have a total market cap (sum of all shares) is around 1.2 trillion dollars, which would represent only a 5% increase in tax revenue for America to simply buy all the shares.

However, the Government doesn't need to turn a profit: Google and Facebook combined spend only around $200 million dollars per year on R&D and operating expenses, which would be a rounding error on the tax budget.