now the news outlets have no reach

Thats what they want though

As much as any memeber of eu parliament

the less news they have the better, it lets the government set the narrative

they lost 40% of ratings in spain due to the link tax

the news outlets

Why should the EU care?

so this tax makes me think eu gets a %

The problem with link tax is they are dependent on google at the same time

$$$$

bureocrats love creating taxes

Tbh I think the most important, key elements here are the fear mongering supporting membership, the seeming lack of a rigid scope for EU powers (they keep expanding), and now the crippling of communication and news

What crippling of comunication exactly ?

Watch the EU try to outlaw populist parties in the next few years too. I bet you they do once they see the writing on the wall

yep

Hey zutt you wanna link to something?

Pay a tax

>do you have a license for that link?

i think they are trying to just censor the reach of the internet

and get money while at it

When it's taxes that are directed at mega corps, I'm open to them

Thats not how it is going to work.tho

oh?

I wasnt aware that they had restricted who they were taxing with it

They did actually

Last time i read on it

thats a relief

The thing is it will still change

Who gets hit by it?

And to make it even more meme

Each state decides on its own

How will they implement the directive

Its far more complicated in other words

So theres no baseline or group singled out as of right now?

there will be

This is what i know. Apparently they will rework it once more and then vote on the final version of the directive sometime in december

Now the directive only describes reaults

But how to get there is up to each state

results?

Yep

Its confusing as fuck