EU-US net neutrality divergence ‘could impact competitiveness’

The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) study, looking at how pending decisions could impact internet fragmentation, claims that a major difference in net neutrality rules could increase barriers of market entry for new EU start-ups looking to challenge Silicon Valley tech giants. It also warned that a “weak net neutrality rule” in Europe could lead to a divergence of web customer experience between the US and EU, and that “discriminatory interconnection practices” could be used to undermine the global marketplace of web information and services. http://www.digitaltveurope.net/405991/eu-us-net-neutrality-divergence-could-impact-competitiveness/ https://ourinternet-files.s3.amazonaws.com/publications/no18.pdf Landmark EU and US Net Neutrality Decisions- How Might Pending Decisions Impact Internet Fragmentation