#unfairshare — Public Fediverse posts

@Fedihacker @heiseonlineenglish No, unfortunately this article is partly wrong. Its headline refers to "billions in fines," which is not at all what the #DigitalNetworksAct is about. Also, Heise's Reuters source says nothing about fines.

What Reuters says is that the EC will likely not force #BigTech to pay EU telcos for transmitting data over, you know, the internet.

This (previously planned) #NetworkFee or #UnfairShare has always been a bad idea. And that is @heiseonline's second mistake:

The proposal of the new #EU #DigitalNetworksAct #DNA has been postponed to 20 January 2026.

I consider this a good thing.

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=SEC(2025)2543&lang=en

#NetNeutrality #UnfairShare

Die profitstarken Telcos versuchen immer wieder mit denselben Mythen, ihre Bilanz aufzubessern. Wir haben die fadenscheinigen Argumente zu Bandbreitennutzung, #unfairshare & Co aufgedeckt: ⬇️ 3/3
https://epicenter.works/content/myths-about-net-neutrality-debate-on-network-fees-aka-fair-share

Statt eines gleichwertigen Internetzugangs für alle würde #UnfairShare die Macht stark zu Netzbetreibern verschieben. Obwohl es dazu noch nicht einmal einen Gesetzesvorschlag gibt, richten die Forderungen eines EU-Kommissars bereits weltweit Schaden an.
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/datenmaut-fuer-netflix-co-thierry-bretons-schnapsidee-macht-weltweit-schule/

Seriously, @TheProgressives and in particular René @repasi, why did you just endorse shooting down #netneutrality by supporting the #UnfairShare #NetworkFee in the Parliament's Competition Report?

Despite all independent experts saying it's a bad idea.

Despite regulators saying it's a bad idea.

Despite your own S&D policy position saying it's a bad idea.
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/sites/default/files/2023-02/SD_digital_position_paper_en_230208.pdf

Note to @EC_Commissioner_Breton:

"A large majority of [EU] member countries rejected the idea of splitting the costs of the #networks with content providers" due to "the lack of a fact-based approach or evidence of an #investment gap, the risk of driving up prices and the risk to net neutrality. “Let’s not overreact to non-existent market failure,” reportedly argued Germany." (Politico)

#netneutrality #UnfairShare #NetworkFee #FairShare

#Vodafone Group, the global #telecoms corp with 2022 net profits of 2.6 billion EUR, fires 11,000 employees over the next 3 years.

Let me guess: next move is to tell the #EU #Commission that the telco industry is poor and under stress and requires direct payments from content providers. #UnfairShare #NetworkFee #NetNeutrality #Lobbying #FairShare

Sources: https://www.golem.de/news/quartalsbericht-vodafone-group-wird-11-000-arbeitsplaetze-streichen-2305-174219.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone

It's crazy how the #telecoms industry literally *owns* the networks and yet constantly whines about how "we" are "falling short" of making them better.

It's *their* private networks, why should the public aka "we" do the investment? We already pay telcos monthly subscription fees for using them.

#UnfairShare #netneutrality #NetworkTax

"For over a decade now, European #telecommunication network operators have devoted their #lobbying efforts to trying to reclaim their former glory and reintroduce their #monopoly power."

https://techpolicy.press/why-is-the-european-commission-so-determined-to-ruin-the-open-internet/

Excellent write-up by @kkomaitis and @socialhack on #UnfairShare, #NetNeutrality and how an ex-telco CEO turned powerful Commissioner wants to remodel the internet.

They say

“Never attribute to malice that which Is adequately explained by stupidity”

In EU policymaking, like #unfairshare,” #copyright and “#chatcontrol”, politicians maliciously choose ignorance. It isn’t malice or stupidity, it is both.
And fighting it is exhausting.