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Jake Auchincloss: “We got to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to allow the…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 18:20

And then we're shocked that they behaved badly. Well, we have allowed them to hate badly. They can't be sued for it. So we've got to amend that. Number two is We got to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to allow the states to tax social media advertising revenue. These social media corporations are attention fracking our kids. They're monetizing the attention spans of Americans. It's a huge negative externality and taxation is an appropriate recourse for that. (18:20–18:25)

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Asserts the need to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to enable states to tax social media advertising.

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