French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval.

eicker@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval.

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 days ago

This will just result in more companies blocking France.

byungyoonc@piefed.ca · 4 days ago

Yup, similar thing happened in South Korea with Twitch and Korean ISP’s absurd broadband usage fee.

ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

Maybe, but do you drop the 7th largest economy in the world, and entree into others? Not saying it will work, but as a pushback of the wealthy it’s an interesting leverage.

French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval.

French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval.

French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval, US tech giants like Google and Meta could face new taxes on content[Updated]