ACTA vote in the European Parliament on 4 July
Update: since I posted this, someone (hat tip to @andrewjburgess ) decided to ruin the spotting game but made it probably a bit more accurate: see voting results hereunder (go to pg 19 of the document): Download (PDF, 540KB) So voted in favour of ACTA: ALDE: Newton Dunn, Takkula EFD: Allam, Provera, Tzavela PPE: Audy, Bendtsen, Berra, Cadec, Casini, Dantin, Dati, Deß, Florenz, Gahler,...
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As Net Neutrality seems to be all over the place at the moment, we considered it couldn’t hurt to put together a summary timeline of the Net neutrality debate. It is obviously not exhaustive and biased in the sense that it tries to highlight some key moments in the debate. As always, click on the infographic below to see the picture as a stand alone, and click a second time on the picture...
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The Hon Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, remarked in his recent speech at the Financial Times World Telecoms Conference 2010 (16 & 17th November) that: ‘Unlike in the UK, in some parts of the US consumers have no choice which ISP they use because only one offers a service in their area. So the debate has particular resonance there. ISPs could...
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The European Commission and European Parliament organised a one-day Summit on the ‘Open Internet and Net neutrality in Europe’ on the 11th of November following the recent public consultation on this topic. A summit for which Europe – at least according to AT&T – have to be grateful to the Americans. A tale of gifts… AT&T bij #summit over #netneutraliteit van...
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