funding for news-- canada tried a link tax (not going well) and now canada trying a tax-- seems more straight forward.
personally I would like to see funding go to open access, non-profit news orgs like propublica.
"Canada Imposes 5% Tax On Streaming To Fund Local News, Diverse Content"
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/13/canada-imposes-5-tax-on-streaming-to-fund-local-news-diverse-content/
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