Austria & Alphabet Inc.

Austria: Austria announced plans to ban social media for children up to 14, with a new law expected this summer.

Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc., through its subsidiary Alphabet Inc. and platform Google — YouTube, is affected by social media bans in various countries, including Australia and Indonesia.

Austria: Austria is among the European countries that the US Trade Representative's office has threatened with retaliatory tariffs over digital services taxes.

Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc. is one of the US tech giants targeted by European digital services taxes, which Donald Trump is attempting to protect through tariff threats. The company's revenues are directly affected by these taxes.

Austria: Austria is used as a benchmark to illustrate the scale of Amazon (company)'s emissions, which are more than those of the entire country.

Alphabet Inc.: Alphabet Inc.'s total emissions have jumped 82% since 2019 and 18% last year, pushing it further from its carbon neutrality pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030. Its electricity consumption has doubled in three years, nearly matching that of Greece.