The British government wants to extend the TV license fee to YouTube, Netflix, Amazon and Disney+. The Independent calls it the “YouTube tax,” and it is expected in the BBC charter white paper before Christmas.
A Whitehall source explained the supposed purpose. The money would fund local journalism and counter the “conspiracy theories and fake news” they say have helped parties like Reform get elected.
That is a government official admitting the goal is to tax the public into voting differently.
The government would decide what counts as fake news.
An estimated 3 to 4 million extra households would have to pay £180 a year. Many of them use YouTube precisely to avoid the BBC.
A separate plan would push the legacy media to the top of people's YouTube feed. People would pay for the mainstream broadcasters, and then pay again with their algorithm.
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-youtube-tax-streaming-bbc-license-fee
A Whitehall source explained the supposed purpose. The money would fund local journalism and counter the “conspiracy theories and fake news” they say have helped parties like Reform get elected.
That is a government official admitting the goal is to tax the public into voting differently.
The government would decide what counts as fake news.
An estimated 3 to 4 million extra households would have to pay £180 a year. Many of them use YouTube precisely to avoid the BBC.
A separate plan would push the legacy media to the top of people's YouTube feed. People would pay for the mainstream broadcasters, and then pay again with their algorithm.
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-youtube-tax-streaming-bbc-license-fee
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