4/ MEPs should be cautious of adopting language in favour of these #FairShare #NetworkFees demands in the @EP_Economics Committee 'Competition policy 2022' report in Plenary, otherwise they might unwillingly play into the cards of Big Telcos, and harm users and #NetNeutrality!

3/ As we explain in our response to the EC's exploratory consultation: service providers do not generate traffic, users do. If Big Telcos obtain what they call for by asking for #FairShare #NetworkFees, users will bear the cost, as will media plurality
https://coalition4creativity.org/2023/05/02/c4cs-comments-on-the-ecs-exploratory-consultation-on-the-future-of-the-electronic-communications-sector-and-its-infrastructure/

2/ This ignores that:
#️⃣ the EC is still holding an exploratory consultation (running until 19 May!);
#️⃣ @BERECeuropaeu found no need to overhaul the current working model of the Internet; and
#️⃣ independent experts and academics have cautioned against #NetworkFees

1/ Last week, @EP_Economics adopted MEP @repasi his Competition Policy 2022 report - to be voted in the Plenary session of 30 May-1 June or the week of 12 June. Big Telcos' calls for #NetworkFees from 'large traffic generators' slipped into the amendments
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/ECON/AM/2023/04-24/1274209EN.pdf

RT @the_info_labs
🔥🥁  The latest information labs newsletter is out:
↪️ A special #FairShare #NetworkFees consultation edition 👇
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/internet-lab-fair-share-network-fees-6-march-2023

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#NetNeutrality

Dopo la posizione negativa del governo olandese, anche quello tedesco, con il ministro del digitale #Schnorr, critica la teoria delle #networkfees, affermando che non vi è alcun fallimento del mercato che giustifichi tale intervento normativo, almeno in Germania. In altre parole, il dibattito sul #fairshare, secondo cui gli OTT dovrebbero pagare il “passaggio” sulle reti telecom, sembra affondare ancor prima della potenziale proposta https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-936322

🇬🇧 Defend #NetNeutrality in this #FairShare EU consultation on proposed #NetworkFees – mind the questions 54 and 60:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultations/future-electronic-communications-sector-and-its-infrastructure

Access fees could make internet access to essential services expensive or slow...

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/echo_pbreyer/status/1630590483482263553

RT @the_info_labs
🔥 The latest information labs newsletter is out now:
↪️ Check out a recap of recent #FairShare #NetworkFees updates 👇
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/internet-lab-fair-share-network-fees-22-feb-2023-information-labs

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#NetNeutrality

RT @CCIAeurope: ❓ Would the impact of #NetworkFees really be limited to “big #tech” alone, as #telcos claim?

“Probably all 🇪🇺 companies use #online platforms and #cloud services ☁️ today, so the tax would ripple right through the whole EU #internet ecosystem.”

#FairShare #NetNeutrality

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MichalBoni/status/1627615053028503552

RT @the_info_labs: The message of MEP @echo_pbreyer (@Piratenpartei) to EC President @vonderleyen: the @EU_Commission must pursue a better strategy to promote connectivity than #NetworkFees

🌐 https://informationlabs.org/podcasts/internet-lab/meppatrickbreyer-26jan23/

#FairShare #NetNeutrality
/cc @GreensEFA @EuropeanPirates

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/echo_pbreyer/status/1620323245181263873

Per coloro che vogliono approfondire in italiano il tema del #fairshare #networkfees e dell’imminente riforma di Internet che verrà da Bruxelles. Grazie @valigiablu per l’ospitalità https://www.valigiablu.it/bruxelles-regole-internet/

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