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By Barbara van Schewick on July 1, 2024 at 5:18 pm
For the past two years, the European Commission has been pushing to radically change the internet and telecommunications market in the EU in order to benefit Europe’s largest telecom companies at the expense of innovation, net neutrality, and low broadband prices.
The policy prescriptions have continually included: Read more about It's Groundhog Day at the European Commission
By Barbara van Schewick on April 11, 2024 at 5:18 pm
The FCC is set to vote on April 25 to restore its authority over the companies we pay to get online, and reinstate federal net neutrality protections that were jettisoned by the Trump administration in 2017.
Net neutrality protections are supposed to ensure that we, not the internet service providers (ISPs) we pay to get online, get to decide what we do online. Read more about Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming. The FCC Needs to Stop Them
By Barbara van Schewick on March 13, 2024 at 12:15 pm
The Federal Communications Commission is looking to restore net neutrality for all Americans. The FCC published its proposal, a so-called Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in October 2023. The comments period ended in mid-January. A vote is expected in late April. Read more about How to Strengthen the FCC’s Proposed Net Neutrality Protections by Closing Loopholes and Matching the 2015 Open Internet Order
By Barbara van Schewick on October 19, 2023 at 9:00 am
On Thursday, the FCC Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the FCC’s plan to restore net neutrality.
Here’s my statement:
“I’m pleased that the FCC started the process to bring back net neutrality for all Americans and restore its oversight over the companies we pay to get online. Read more about FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight
By Barbara van Schewick on July 14, 2023 at 12:05 am
The European Commission is evaluating a proposal by Europe’s largest telecoms 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 pay every broadband provider in Europe, ostensibly to help fund the build out of faster networks in the EU. Read more about Yes, Telefonica, Forcing Apps to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality
By Barbara van Schewick on June 14, 2023 at 9:27 pm
On Tuesday, the European Parliament Read more about When the Media Gets It Wrong: The EU Parliament Actually Said No to Forcing Websites to Pay ISPs
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