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Barbara van Schewick
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Law Professor, . Director, Stanford Center for Internet & Society. Author, Internet Architecture & Innovation. @vanschewick@mastodon.lawprofs.org
Stanford, CA.cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/b…Joined July 2010

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#netneutrality: The European Commission has said that forcing websites to pay ISPs wouldn’t violate the principles of net neutrality or Europe's net neutrality law. But #networkfees violate net neutrality and severely distort competition & user choice. This post explains why:… Show more
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This potentially puts UK and EU in an interesting position. EU-UK Trade & Co-operation Agreement Article 178 binds both parties to #netneutrality #openinternet #fairshare
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#netneutrality: U.S. Government opposes plans to force websites to pay ISPs in filing with the European Commission. 🇺🇸 warns that such #networkfees increase ISPs' control over customers, raise costs for consumers & small businesses, distort competition & violate #netneutrality.
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A lawyer used ChatGPT to research cases for a brief. It did not go well. ChatGPT invented cases that the lawyer cited in the brief & then invented full opinions that the lawyer submitted to the court. The judge is not amused. The lawyer's defense? ChatGPT said cases were real.
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“Both EU & US telecoms have a long, proud history of taking billions in subsidies & then pocketing most of the proceeds, leaving everyone in the chain with substandard service.” has covered telecoms’ use of public funds for years. He knows their playbook. #networkfees
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ICYMI: @KarlBode on the European Commission's proposal to force websites to pay ISPs: "The effort is a lobbying gambit by telecom giants once again looking to offload their network deployment and maintenance costs onto somebody else. It’s #netneutrality wars 2.0.” #networkfees Show more
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The Commission is evaluating a proposal by Europe's biggest telecoms to force websites to pay ISPs. The US joins Europe's top telecom regulator in rejecting the proposal, along with startups, NGOs, broadcasters, academics, internet watchdogs & many others.
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A leaked doc obtained by shows how the CSAM scanning legislation sausage is getting made in the EU right now, with commentary from 20 countries about their thoughts on strategy/end-to-end encryption. And Spain is out here calling for an E2EE EU ban!
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Trying to understand last week's Supreme Court decisions in Gonzalez & Taamneh? has you covered. What they say, why they matter & what they tell us about the Court's views on CDA 230, which shields social-media platforms from liability for user-generated content:… Show more
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According to BEREC, #NetworkFees violate Europe's #netneutrality law: (1) They violate users' right to use the apps of their choice & (2) charging only some sites discriminates among sites. BEREC knows the law in & out: they are the regulators enforcing it, so this is huge.
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Important: Crushing take-down of #NetworkFees proposal by EU top telecom regulator BEREC. Europe's biggest telecoms want the EU to force websites to pay ISPs. BEREC concludes such fees would harm competition & innovation and hurt European consumers, small businesses & startups twitter.com/BERECeuropaeu/…
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"BEREC holds that any regulatory intervention requires a proper justification. BEREC is currently not aware of structural interconnection problems in relation to growing volumes of traffic attributed to CAPs." Translation: There is no problem ...
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Important: Crushing take-down of #NetworkFees proposal by EU top telecom regulator BEREC. Europe's biggest telecoms want the EU to force websites to pay ISPs. BEREC concludes such fees would harm competition & innovation and hurt European consumers, small businesses & startups
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Based on its constituent NRAs' collective perspectives and experience, @BERECeuropaeu has prepared the answers to the @EU_Commission's exploratory #consultation on the future of the #electronic #communications sector and its #infrastructure. Read more – berec.europa.eu/en/news-public
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The proposal is the latest attempt by Europe's largest ISPs to get paid twice for delivering the content their customers request - by their customers & by content providers. In 2012, BEREC rejected this proposal as dangerous and unworkable. It did so again last October.
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