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Re:Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating sho... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:11PM (#36604584)
> Isn't the issue that Facebook/Google don't just share the link, they share the content behind the link as well

The fundamental issue is they stole the classified section that paid for the content. (Secondarily, they commoditized the content by owning the discussion around it.)

All that said, this is a solution that only makes sense to folks in media. The right one is a tax that funds a subsidy for news.

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Re:Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating sho... by adjav on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:15PM (#36604664)
> The right one is a tax that funds a subsidy for news.

The thing here though is that the Canadian government already does this. I really don't understand their logic with introducing this fee vs just raising the existing subsidy directly.

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