On: Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to pr...

[mlinksva]

Or we could just do the straightforward thing: tax ads.

[UncleEntity → mlinksva]

Not seeing how this would stop a state-level actor intent on engaging in a disinformation campaign, they'd just have their proxies pay the tax.

[mlinksva → UncleEntity]

It would shift more of the web to non-ad-funded. People would get more of their info from venues without ads carrying disinformation, from whatever source.

[leetcrew → mlinksva]

> It would shift more of the web to non-ad-funded.

or it would just shift more of the web to non-funded.

[_jgvg → mlinksva]

Ads are taxed already.