> I don't think a tax is going to fix the underlying problem, which is that ad publishers have no responsibility for the ads they show. The tax would get passe

> I don't think a tax is going to fix the underlying problem, which is that ad publishers have no responsibility for the ads they show. The tax would get passed on to the entity paying for the advertisement. Then "advertising" would probably turn into a dirty word, we'll have "suggestions" and some sort of legal ducking and diving to avoid paying the tax at all. Advertising plagues the web.