>>matthe+(OP)
This post came from this HN discussion earlier this week:

What if we made advertising illegal?

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269#43599667

>>matthe+(OP)
The UK already does and so does Canada. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-t...

"The provision of a social media service, internet search engine or online marketplace by a group includes the carrying on of any associated online advertising service. An associated online advertising service is an online service that facilitates online advertising and derives significant benefit from its association with the social media service, search engine or online marketplace."

Google Ads for instance invoices the tax to their customers. https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9750227?hl=en-G...

>>matthe+f
We should outright forbid it in public space. IHMO.

Also I'd say lets only tax undesirable behaviour!

So not tax:

* wages

* having a house

* adding value (VAT)

But so tax:

* land use

* polluting

* packaging (could be part of polluting)

* accumulating profits at the top

This idea has some similarities to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism

>>Galati+cf
It's totally established precedent that billboards, signs, etc are limited. Whether they should be or not, I'm not sure, but that's how it is currently: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/billboards/#:~:text=...

>>grues-+Ll
Yes, it's true, but digital services tax was only supposed to be temporary and the UK agreed to move away from it once a global tax system was negotiated at the OECD. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-agrees-transition-towa...

I think those talks have ultimately stalled, so the right solution is getting back on track to a global tax system.

(Interestingly the deal struck in 2021 exchanged the promise of no US tariffs with the transition away from DST. It's no surprise this is a hot topic again with Trump's tariff regime.)

>>tossan+ke
>>43599667

(Sorry if this blows up the memory usage ;)