Open Floor to Barbara van Schewick: Net Neutrality in the United States
Contribution to ARCEP's 2023 State of the Internet Report. You can read the press release (English), full report (French, pdf, van Schewick contribution on…
Network Neutrality
La Parole à Barbara van Schewick: La Neutralité du Net aux Etats-Unis
Contribution (in French) to ARCEP's 2023 State of the Internet Report (L’état d’internet en France). You can read the press release (French) and the full re…
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When the Media Gets It Wrong: The EU Parliament Actually Said No to Forcing Websites to Pay ISPs
On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted to adopt its annual competition policy report. Buried in a long list of non-binding competition policy recommendation…
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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.
On Tuesday, June 13, the European Parliament will vote on the 2022 Annual Report on Competition Policy by the Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Af…
Comments on the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) Draft Communication regarding the request to impose mandatory contributions by internet platforms to telecom operators for the use of their networks in Belgium
Comments submitted to the consultation by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) on the BIPT Draft Communication regarding the…
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Here’s How the European Commission Proposal to Force Websites to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality
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…
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Telecoms Detail Their Dumb Plan To Force Tech Giants To Pay Them Billions For No Reason
Stanford net neutrality expert Barbara van Schewick dropped a statement in my inbox pointing to a broader blog post on the proposal, noting that this was, once…
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European Commission proposal to force websites to pay ISPs violates net neutrality, harms Europeans, and solves no problems: Prof. Barbara van Schewick Filing
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…
Comments to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on Mandated Network Access Fees
White Paper submitted to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on Mandated Network Access Fees. * Publication Type:White Paper / Report * Publ…
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Barbara van Schewick: Net neutrality and the future of the internet
While many users remain blissfully unaware, a battle is raging for the future of the internet. On the one hand are the large phone and cable companies who want…
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EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk
Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal f…
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European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google and Big Telecoms’ Net Neutrality Violations
On Wednesday, European top telecom regulator BEREC, which consists of the national telecom regulators from across the EU, published its revised net neutrality g…