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Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:23 AM Dec 2017

German government says it backs open and free internet

Source: Associated Press

26 minutes ago

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it backs an “open and free internet” following the U.S. decision to repeal net neutrality rules.

A spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry said Friday that Germany had “taken note” of the U.S. move but declined to comment directly on it.

However, spokeswoman Beate Baron said the German government supports rules introduced across the European Union last year forbidding discriminatory access to the internet.

Baron told reporters in Berlin that “an open and free internet is indispensable for the successful development of a digital society that everyone wants to take part in.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/d6e2c00878ed400da2c34e054bf696e2/German-government-says-it-backs-'open-and-free-internet'

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