schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoFrance plans internet tax of 5.5 cents per gigabytewww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkFrance plans internet tax of 5.5 cents per gigabytewww.heise.deschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoReminder: It’s not what it looks like. Credits to @00000@reddthat.com for pointing that out in another community https://feddit.org/comment/15810249 https://tech-insider.org/french-lawmakers-per-gigabyte-internet-traffic-tax-11-10-vote-2026/ Headlines called it an approval, and technically it was. But the vote covered one amendment during the first reading of the 2027 finance bill, only 35 of the Assembly’s 577 deputies took part, and the government opposed it. Nothing here is law.
Reminder: It’s not what it looks like. Credits to @00000@reddthat.com for pointing that out in another community
https://feddit.org/comment/15810249