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Internet activists show up at the EU's telecoms body in Riga in 2016 to demand strict application of the net neutrality rules (Photo: Arbeitskreis Vorratsdaten)

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Fines on open internet vary greatly in EU

Estonia is known as a digital pioneer, but it is much cheaper for a company to violate open internet rules there than in some other EU countries.

The fine for violating the EU principle of net neutrality is €9,600 in Estonia, a mere fraction of the penalty enshrined in law in countries such as Spain, where companies could face sanctions of up to €2 million.

An EU regulation adopte...

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