The European Commission’s new Digital Networks Act threatens to dismantle nearly a decade of net neutrality protections in Europe. What’s being pitched as a technical update could actually give politicians power over the open internet, create paid fast lanes, and weaken independent regulators.

Today, 21 January 2026, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a Digital Networks Act (DNA). Framed as a technical modernisation of Europe’s telecom rules, the proposal marks a decisive shift away from core principles that have safeguarded an open and neutral internet for almost a decade.

  • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    13 hours ago

    We have been battling these assholes for decades. They only have to win once, we have to fight all the time. Money does this, it’s that simple. Money is power, therefore democracy doesn’t matter, ideals don’t matter, only whatever people with money want matters in the end.