Google Is Spending Half a Billion Dollars To Curry Europe's Favor (cnet.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Google has ratchet up its investment in European goodwill, aiming to spend about $450 million from 2015 to 2017 as EU regulators narrow their gaze on the search giant, according to a report by the New York Times. The company is pouring money into wide-ranging sponsorships, like an exhibition at a Belgian museum incorporating virtual reality, a fund to help European news publishers amp up their web savvy, a digital training course for Irish teachers, and YouTube-backed concerts, according to the report.

Comments

Re:So... rather than not doing what pisses them of

[jandersen]

They spend 500 million bribing people to like them?

One assumes they must be worried about be hit much harder, were they to be made to pay taxes in proportion to their earnings.

Re: So... rather than not doing what pisses them o

[Computershack]

EU economy is bigger than the US. It has a population over 40% larger than the US. The US can't break the back of Germany's industrial base especially when it comes to cars because throughout the EU American cars are basically thought of as a bit shit.

Re: So... rather than not doing what pisses them o

[PPH]

European roads have bends in them.

It's spelled 'Benz'.