France approves internet traffic tax for Google, Meta* and Netflix. MPs in the House of Commons have backed a proposal by Socialist MP Lauren Leary which aims to "tax producers of digital data". The tax will amount to 5.5 euro cents per gigabyte of traffic transmitted to individuals. The operator will monitor his volumes. It is expected that the tax may bring 10 billion euros into the treasury. * Meta's activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation as extreme. We at MAX.