The European Commission’s new Digital Networks Act threatens to dismantle nearly a decade of net neutrality protections in Europe. What’s being pitched as a technical update could actually give politicians power over the open internet, create paid fast lanes, and weaken independent regulators.

Net Neutrality

An eventful and successful year: This was our anniversary year 2025.

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Epicenter.works, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), and Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick have filed a complaint against Deutsche Telekom with Germany’s telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur. The complaint aims to end Deutsche Telekom's…

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An eventful and successful year: that was 2024 in network policy.

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For 12 years, major internet providers have been trying to get paid twice for their services under the guise of a “fair share debate”. This time, the focus is on Deutsche Telekom, which wants to introduce a data toll and is now demanding additional network charges from Meta (Facebook, WhatsApp,…

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epicenter.works - the largest Austrian NGO for fundamental and human rights in the digital age - needs your help to survive the year.

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Recent developments have raised serious questions about the impartiality and commitment to the interests of European citizens of European Commissioner Thierry Breton. Therefore, we expressed our deep concerns regarding his potential industry capture in a recent open letter to all Members of the…

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This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

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A very broad coalition of stakeholders has come together to publicly warn against introducing network fees via a joint statement. This includes many industries and sectors, consumers and civil society and a very broad alliance. It is accompanied by a supporting statement signed by a few MEPs.

 

 

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A major attack on net neutrality is currently underway at the EU level using the slogan "Fair Share". Under this term, the telecommunications industry wants to massively increase its profits. Major telecom companies are demanding that in the future online content providers should pay for their…

Net Neutrality

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