France's Internet Data Tax & EU Digital Overreach
France has passed a budget amendment taxing internet data sent to French users at 0.055€/GB — an effective 500–10,000% tax that crypto Twitter is mocking as absurd regulatory overreach.
What we know
An account on X flagged the French budget amendment — not yet law — that would impose a 0.055€/GB levy on data transmitted to French recipients. The move is being ridiculed as an extreme and technically unenforceable tax on the internet itself. Another account on X joking about sending large files to French contacts reflects the broader community disbelief. This fits the wider pattern of European regulatory aggression toward digital infrastructure.
How the story developed
France has passed a budget amendment taxing internet data sent to French users at 0.055€/GB — an effective 500–10,000% tax that crypto Twitter is mocking as absurd regulatory overreach.
France passed a €0.055/GB tax on data sent by streaming companies like Netflix and YouTube, drawing immediate criticism from tech commentators who see it as an anti-innovation own-goal.
By the Global Eye 24 desk, with AI assistance. Updated as the story develops. Spot an error? Write to corrections@globaleye24.com.