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French MPs vote for a €0.055 tax on every gigabyte sent to users

Context: An amendment to France's 2027 budget would charge content providers €0.055 per gigabyte sent to French internet users.

From The Next Web: France’s National Assembly has voted to tax companies for every gigabyte of data they send to French internet users. The measure, an amendment to the 2027 budget, would charge content providers €0.055 per gigabyte. Its Socialist authors estimate it would raise €10bn a year.

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The Next Web (thenextweb.com)
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Sunday, November 1, 2026, ranked 21
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Why it’s here
A per-gigabyte tax on content providers would hit every streaming and AI service in France.
Topics
Infrastructure, Consumer
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