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Deutsch: Vodafail: Digitale Gesellschaft setzt sich für Netzneutralität ein

There are only a few telecom operators in Germany which offer mobile Internet. The two largest, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone, harm net neutrality in numerous of their tariffs – deeply hidden in their contract terms.

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Deutsch: Europäisches Parlament setzt sich Netzneutralität ein

On 11 December 2012, The European Parliament (EP) issued, in a large majority, two non-legislative resolutions asking that net neutrality should be enshrined in the European Union law.

In one of the resolutions, “Completing the Digital Single Market”, the EP "calls on the Commission to propose legislation to ensure net neutrality" and urges Commissioner Kroes to end her ill-fated "wait and see" approach.

The second resolution, “Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy”, stresses that the EP "strongl

Sometimes, watching the Commission make up its mind on a controversial topic is like watching a sports match. One of these topics is the question of whether it is legal for governments to encourage internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict fundamental rights “voluntarily” or whether they would need a legal basis. The European Home Affairs Commissioner, Cecilia Malmström is certain... that they do, that they don't and that they might... possibly.

Today, a large majority of European parliamentarians demanded in two non-legislative resolutions that net neutrality should be enshrined in European Union law.

In the context of a non-legislative resolution on Completing the Digital Single Market, the European Parliament "calls on the Commission to propose legislation to ensure net neutrality" and urges Commissioner Kroes to end her ill-fated "wait and see" approach.

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Deutsch: EU-Konsultation: EDRi nimmt zum x-ten Mal zur Netzneutralität Stellun...

This might sound like a running gag, but on 15 October 2012 EDRi submitted its umteenth response to the European Commission's umteenth consultation on net neutrality, traffic management, transparency and switching.

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Deutsch: EU-Konsultation zur Netzneutralität: Letzter Aufruf zur Stellungnahme

On 15 October 2012, the European Commission's latest consultation on Net neutrality will officially end. Even though this is now the 6th consultation on Net Neutrality since Neelie Kroes took office as the European Commissioner for the digital agenda, and even though this is just another manifestation of the "wait and see" approach, it is still important to respond and to point out the urgency of regulatory measures.

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Deutsch: Kartografie der Netzneutralität

When questioned about Net Neutrality the European Commission previously claimed that only little data existed to show that net neutrality violations had occurred. A new project: netneutralitymap.org shows net neutrality violations worldwide based on tests for shaping. It documents the need for net neutrality legislation.

Although Net Neutrality is currently discussed throughout Europe, very little actual data is used for campaigning. A new project tries to change this by mapping data from Measurement Lab's global "Glasnost" tests.

EDRi has answered the BEREC Consultation on Net Neutrality that ended on 31 July 2012, underlining that BEREC, the European Commission and national telecom regulators should be acting to stop the Net neutrality breaches and to ensure that services failing to maintain open access to the Internet, should not be able to refer to themselves as Internet access services.

EDRi welcomed BEREC's commitment to provide further guidance on net neutrality in order to maintain an open and competitive internet in Europe and to address the increasingly urgent question of how digital technology can be kept free and open.