.@cathal You can use @OCCRP 's statement on these measures to back up your arguments:
https://www.occrp.org/en/announcements/8003-occrp-s-position-on-the-proposed-directive-on-copyright-in-the-digital-single-market
tl;dr #LinkTax will make investigative journalism impossible and will have the opposite effect on "fake news" than stated. I.e. it will make "fake news" even harder to combat.