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  Biden admin wants Europe to reject forced payments from Big Tech to ISPs

  Posted by Gatherer  on May 26, 2023 at 2:12 PM

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  The Biden administration urged Europe to reject the telecom industry plan to make Big Tech companies pay for Internet service providers’ network expansions and upgrades. In comments submitted to the European Commission last week, the US Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said that mandating payments from online platforms to ISPs would “distort competition” and undermine net neutrality.

  “Mandating direct payments to telecom operators in the EU absent assurances on spending could reinforce the dominant market position of the largest operators,” the US submission said. “It could

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