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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by nothrabannosir on Monday March 12, 2018 @01:57PM (#16570008)
Readable copy for mobile users:

Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: the myth that advertising is the only possible business model for online companies, and the myth that it’s too late to change the way platforms operate. On both points, we need to be a little more creative.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by mlinksva on Monday March 12, 2018 @02:17PM (#16570182)
Or we could just do the straightforward thing: tax ads.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by UncleEntity on Monday March 12, 2018 @02:42PM (#16570347)
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.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by mlinksva on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:19PM (#16570614)
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.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by leetcrew on Monday March 12, 2018 @08:26PM (#16572904)
> It would shift more of the web to non-ad-funded.

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

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent '... by ucaetano on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:55PM (#16570952)
Ads are taxed already.
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