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ISPs fear wave of state laws after New York’s $15 broadband mandate
We asked AT&T if it still believes that it would be impossible to comply with the zero-rating rule only in California. We also asked AT&T if it is compl…
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What may be next after a federal court struck down the FCC's net neutrality rules
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick about a federal court's decision to strike down the Biden administration'…
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A Deutsche Telekom Shakedown: Will Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp slow to a crawl in Germany as DT tries to get paid twice, and will German regulators have the courage to stop DT’s bullying?
We are about to see whether the largest and most powerful telecom in Europe, Deutsche Telekom (DT), can force websites and apps to pay so-called “network fe…
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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…
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Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
European telecom regulator BEREC has updated its net neutrality guidelines to include a strict ban on zero-rating practices that exempt specific apps or categor…
Comments on Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation
Comments submitted to BEREC's Public Consultation on the Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation. See also the White Pa…
The Impact of the ECJ’s 2020 and 2021 Zero-rating Judgments on Zero-rating and Differentiated Pricing in the European Union
White Paper submitted to BEREC's Public Consultation on the Draft BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation. See also the Comme…
Brief of Internet Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
The district court held that New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 399-zzzzz (“ABA”), is preempted because Congress occupied the entire fiel…