Letters to MoneyWeek: We must all tackle the tech giants

A selection of letters sent in to the MoneyWeek office, and their replies.

In your editorial of 22 September (MoneyWeek 863), you discussed the increasing likelihood of governments introducing legislation to force big tech companies to pay a more appropriate level of tax, and to clamp down on terrorism. I'm not sure that this is a very effective way to proceed. Government legislation is often a clumsy way to force companies to comply, and the time it takes to introduce a piece of legislation means it is often out of date before it is introduced.

Multinational companies are also very adept at using their operations in different jurisdictions to avoid their moral, if not their legal, obligations, and circumvent any legislation. Governments are also unable to apply legislation outside their borders.

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