Today the EU Commission published the long-awaited Digital Networks Act. We analysed it immediately. Our first take: dangerous. The proposal threatens #NetNeutrality weakens independent regulators, and opens the door to network fees. https://epicenter.works/en/content/the-eu-commission-is-gutting-net-neutrality
I love that, yeah I pay over $100 a month for the #internet but so often its slower than dial up. I also love that while a basic site can't load, youtube can play me all the videos, exactly what everyone predicted from the end of #netneutrality
#enshittification
Today the EU Commission published the long-awaited Digital Networks Act. We analysed it immediately. Our first take: dangerous. The proposal threatens #NetNeutrality weakens independent regulators, and opens the door to network fees. https://epicenter.works/en/content/the-eu-commission-is-gutting-net-neutrality
"A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet," talk by @pluralistic - largely in his role as an activist member of @eff . Because we all have a special, general purpose.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
"A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet," talk by @pluralistic - largely in his role as an activist member of @eff . Because we all have a special, general purpose.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
🥳 Joyeux 10ème anniversaire à la Neutralité du Net ! 🎂
Célébrons aujourd’hui les 10 ans de la promulgation du règlement européen sur l'internet ouvert !
📌 Une date clé particulière pour les droits de tous les utilisateurs et utilisatrices d’internet.
Vodafone Germany is killing the open internet – one peering connection at a time
https://coffee.link/vodafone-germany-is-killing-the-open-internet-one-peering-connection-at-a-time/
#HackerNews #VodafoneGermany #OpenInternet #PeeringConnections #InternetFreedom #NetNeutrality
Welp, the final straw to make me block #Reddit in my /etc/hosts
https://www.theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit
Welp, the final straw to make me block #Reddit in my /etc/hosts
https://www.theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit
This #blocking order is very broad and concerning from the perspective of #netneutrality and open internet.
This #blocking order is very broad and concerning from the perspective of #netneutrality and open internet.
This semester I advised a very good student working in an awesome research at @HumboldtUni involving #NetNeutrality and satellite networks.
The internet satellite market is following a route of concentration under the dominance of Starlink.
Therefore, several questions regarding basic aspects of net neutrality are still under a big question mark:
- Do end--users enjoy freedom of terminal equipment used to connect to the network?
- Can satellite ISPs prohibit the usage of third-party antenna and terminal equipment for internet connection?
- Would be possible to have satellite communication protocols based on open standards?
- Would satellite ISPs be compliant with the Open Internet Regulation?
These are interesting questions!
This semester I advised a very good student working in an awesome research at @HumboldtUni involving #NetNeutrality and satellite networks.
The internet satellite market is following a route of concentration under the dominance of Starlink.
Therefore, several questions regarding basic aspects of net neutrality are still under a big question mark:
- Do end--users enjoy freedom of terminal equipment used to connect to the network?
- Can satellite ISPs prohibit the usage of third-party antenna and terminal equipment for internet connection?
- Would be possible to have satellite communication protocols based on open standards?
- Would satellite ISPs be compliant with the Open Internet Regulation?
These are interesting questions!
Me realizing the dismantling of #netneutrality, #twitter safety, #facebook moderation, coming of #CambridgeAnalytica and the #Gamergate situation all happened around the same time (2011 - 2015), directly driving the downslide into racism and misogyny on the internet, while realizing the first levels of #deadinternettheory started appearing immediately after:
📣 L’ @arcep publie l’édition 2025 de son rapport sur l’état de l’internet en France : https://www.arcep.fr/actualites/actualites-et-communiques/detail/n/numerique-040725.html
💻 Ce 3e tome du rapport d’activité dresse un état des lieux des actions conduites par l’Arcep en faveur de l’ouverture, de la performance et la durabilité du réseau Internet.
📊 L’ @arcep y présente également des données inédites :
- sur l’interconnexion des réseaux de données : (https://www.arcep.fr/cartes-et-donnees/nos-publications-chiffrees/linterconnexion-de-donnees/barometre-de-linterconnexion-de-donnees-en-france.html)
- la transition vers #IPv6 :(https://www.arcep.fr/cartes-et-donnees/nos-publications-chiffrees/transition-ipv6/barometre-annuel-de-la-transition-vers-ipv6-en-france.html.)
Good news for #RouterFreedom and #NetNeutrality
The Italian regulator AGCOM has opened a consultation on the determination of the location of the termination point. This will define whether end-users can use their own routers and modems to connect to the internet.
https://www.agcom.it/provvedimenti/delibera-31-25-cons
Last October, we called to start a regulatory process to protect consumer rights and ensure router freedom in Italy.
More: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241016-01.en.html
We will contribute to the consultation, stay tuned!
