Europe’s biggest telecoms are trying to trick the European Parliament into endorsing their proposal to force websites to pay them without proper evaluation and debate. MEPs shouldn’t let them.
By Barbara van Schewick on June 12, 2023 at 8:34 am
CIS explores how changes in the architecture of computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to those changes. This work has lead us to analyze the issue of network neutrality, perhaps the Internet's most debated policy issue, which concerns Internet user's ability to access the content and software of their choice without interference from network providers.
By Barbara van Schewick on June 12, 2023 at 8:34 am
By Barbara van Schewick on May 29, 2023 at 7:00 pm
In a frontal assault on net neutrality, the European Commission wants to force websites and apps to pay fees to broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, and it just closed its call for comments on the proposal.
Network fees like this have never existed in the EU. They violate the EU's net neutrality law, and, if put in place, would be a radical departure from how the internet has operated and flourished over the last 30 years. Read more about Here’s How the European Commission Proposal to Force Websites to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality
By Barbara van Schewick on May 20, 2023 at 3:36 pm
The European Commission is evaluating a proposal by the largest telecoms in Europe to force websites and apps to pay broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange, and Deutsche Telekom. This dangerous proposal would require companies like Twitch, YouTube, Netflix and more to negotiate with and pay every broadband provider in Europe. Read more about European Commission proposal to force websites to pay ISPs violates net neutrality, harms Europeans, and solves no problems: Prof. Barbara van Schewick Filing
By Barbara van Schewick on May 19, 2023 at 12:00 am
This European Commission consultation is intended to evaluate a proposal to force online services to pay network access fees to broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom. Read more about Comments to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on Mandated Network Access Fees