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Yes. And tax advertising (or even all forms of communication, as there is 90% overlap) to pay for that.
by Maarten88 10y ago
Yes. And tax advertising (or even all forms of communication, as there is 90% overlap) to pay for that.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoHow would you define "advertising" for purposes of this tax?
- Maarten88 10y ago> How would you define "advertising" for purposes of this tax? I would define it as all revenue from any for-profit publisher. This starting from the assumption that 99% of it is: - reproduced from other sources without fact checking - provided by PR firms and other interested parties - actual advertisements or sponsored content This powerfull spread of disinformation must imo be countered somehow, and I cannot think of any other way then let a democratically elected government tax all this and use the proceeds to fund a compensating force of actual journalists doing their job independently, for the benefit of society.
- tedunangst 10y agoThe president creates a new post, the ad czar, who browses the internet, clicking on all the ads. Every time they click, a tax is assessed.
- 1337biz 10y agoBut what about the Russians? They will double click! How can we keep up with that?!
- tedunangst 10y agoDon't worry. I don't foresee much of an ad gap developing any time soon.