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EU Regulator: Proposal to force websites to pay telcos puts Internet at risk

by @vanschewick cyberlaw.stanford.edu published 2022-11-236 min read

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 from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them. The report comes after European Commission

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