WEEKLY GROSS-OUT: Google taxes

French President Francois Hollande is considering pushing for a new tax that would see search engines such as Google have to pay each time they use content from French media. However, Google has opposed the plan and threatened to bar French websites from its search results if the tax is imposed. And besides, none of the search engine giants are based in France, so the tax might not even be collectable much of the time. The thought of any government taxing search results is unfathomable.