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Commission idea for content tolls draws sharp criticism

Who pays for the Internet? The EU Commission is currently looking into whether changes need to be made to the current model: Should particularly large providers of Internet services bear a larger share and pay more for the data traffic for which they are jointly responsible, in other words, a kind of content toll? This is controversial – and the EU Commission is causing uncertainty.

By Falk Steiner

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16+1: The Baltics leave, but Hungary remains loyal to China

The Baltic exit from China's Cooperation Initiative in Eastern and Central Europe became a reality last week. Latvia and Estonia followed Lithuania and announced their withdrawal from the 16+1 format. Is this the beginning of the end for the remaining 14+1 format?

By Amelie Richter