File photo of Swedish newspapers. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TTA new proposal from the Swedish government would bring an end to the tax print publications pay on advertising revenue in what is being pitched as an effort to fight fake news. Now, the government wants to do away with the tax entirely for both daily newspapers and periodicals with at least four editions per year. One way of supporting it is to remove this tax," Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson said in a statement. READ ALSO: Swedish school kids learn source criticism in fake news studyREAD ALSO: How one Swede made a city the world's 'most dangerous' to expose fake news stats

Source: The Local August 29, 2017 13:52 UTC