{"id":1146,"date":"2017-04-21T07:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2017-04-24T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T11:17:15","slug":"dutch-court-ruling-puts-net-neutrality-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2017\/04\/21\/dutch-court-ruling-puts-net-neutrality-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch court ruling puts net neutrality in question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 20th a Rotterdam Court <a href=\"http:\/\/nltimes.nl\/2017\/04\/21\/t-mobile-can-continue-data-free-music-streaming-service-court\">ruled<\/a> that T-Mobile\u2019s zero rated service \u201cData Free Music\u201d is legal. The court declared that the Dutch net neutrality law, which prohibits zero rating, is not in accordance with the EU net neutrality law that Brussels lawmakers passed last year.<\/p>\n<p>Zero rating is bad for the long term health of the internet. By disrupting the level playing field and allowing discrimination, zero rating poses a threat to users, competition, and opportunity online.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands has been a model to the world in protecting net neutrality. It\u2019s alarming to see these vital protections for users, competition, and opportunity online struck down.<\/p>\n<p>The power and potential of the Internet is greatest when users can access the full diversity of the open Internet, not just some parts of it. We urge the Authority for Consumers &amp; Markets (ACM) to appeal this decision\u00a0swiftly, and we hope that higher courts will restore the Internet\u2019s level playing field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 20th a Rotterdam Court ruled that T-Mobile\u2019s zero rated service \u201cData Free Music\u201d is legal. 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