{"id":132784,"date":"2023-05-03T17:34:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/132784\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:08:23","slug":"we-express-our-concern-about-the-introduction-of-a-mechanism-providing-for-direct-payments-from-content-providers-and-technology-companies-to-major-european-telecom-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/132784\/","title":{"rendered":"We express our concern about the introduction of a mechanism providing for direct payments from content providers and technology companies to major European telecom companies."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<br \/>\nIn February 2023, the European Commission presented a series of actions to transform the EU&#8217;s connectivity sector, including an exploratory consultation on the future of the connectivity sector and related infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 48 organisations, including Homo Digitalis, published a joint statement expressing our collective concern about calls at EU level for a mechanism to provide for significant direct payments (&#8220;network contribution&#8221;, &#8220;network fee&#8221;, &#8220;fair share&#8221;) from content providers and technology companies to large European telecoms companies.<\/p>\n<p>We call on EU policy makers and Member States to resist the imposition of direct payment obligations in favour of the largest telecom operators! Six MEPs support our stand!<\/p>\n<p>You can read our joint statement in English and the MEPs&#8217; joint support <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dK-awQSB\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nYou can read the relevant EU Press Release <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dSySaZkx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] In February 2023, the European Commission presented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":131457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,87],"tags":[452,457,458,459,620,667],"class_list":["post-132784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions","category-reports","tag-collaborations","tag-personal-data-en","tag-privacy-en","tag-internet","tag-european-union-en","tag-platforms-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132786,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132784\/revisions\/132786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}