Comment by metadope

The crime is broadcasting without a license.

We are all guilty, making waves, swamping the spectrum with antagonistic signals that often interfere with each other.

We have too many signals in our society. The resulting noise, the cacophony of lies, are echoed and amplified and evolve into perpetual crosstalk and distortion.

Too many signals transmitting too frequently with too much power.

We can't really outlaw advertising.

But we could limit and license spectrum, like we do with radio frequencies. We could legislate the broadcasting and publication of information, based on that extended simile: regulating 'antenna power' and the airwave spectrum... Holding any broadcaster responsible for the public welfare of their listeners.

We share the infosphere. These channels are theoretically owned by us, the aggregate public. Certainly we are all swimming in the same ocean.

We might want to agree on some boundaries, and even licensing, for broadcasters.