Recent events have multiplied concerns about potential fragmentation of the internet into a multitude of non-interoperable and disconnected 'splinternets'. Composed of thousands of compatible autonomous systems, the internet is by definition technically divided. Yet, the internet was also designed to be an open and global technical infrastructure. The unity and openness of the internet appear to be under great pressure from political, commercial and technological developments. This report explores the implications of the EU's recent policies in this field as well as the opportunities and challenges for EU Member States and institutions in addressing internet fragmentation. It underlines how recent EU legislative proposals – on the digital services act, digital markets act, artificial intelligence act, and NIS 2 Directive – could help to address patterns of fragmentation, but also have limitations and potentially unintended consequences.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - 'Splinternets': Addressing the renewed debate on internet fragmentation

&lt;p>The internet is a critical technology infrastructure for almost two thirds of the global population. We use the internet for personal, civic, commercial and professional activities. Failure of the internet would majorly impact how our societies, lives and work is organised. While a total global collapse of the internet is unlikely, major disruptions may arise. Three aspects are key in understanding of how this could materialise: the underlying technological infrastructures, which are evolving with time; the fact that tech companies are increasingly shaping the Internet architecture to seek new commercial strategies; and the increasing control of the digital sphere for political reasons.&lt;/p>

EPRS policy podcast - Future shocks 2023: Collapse of the Internet

Since its early development in the 1960s, Internet infrastructure has become almost as important as electricity and transport infrastructures in contemporary societies. More and more key services such as banking, food retail, and health care, rely on Internet connections. Despite its original resilient decentralised design, the increasing importance of a few central players and centralising developments have made the Internet more vulnerable to failure. What repercussions would that entail? Listen to our podcast to know more!

EPRS STOA podcast - What if the Internet failed?

Atsiradus internetui daugelis iš mūsų pakeitė atostogų užsisakymo įpročius. Atsižvelgdama į šiuos pokyčius, Europos Sąjunga nusprendė pakoreguoti kelionių organizavimo paslaugomis besinaudojančių atostogautojų apsaugos taisykles. Kokios naudos iš šių taisyklių galite gauti jūs?

Trumpai apie tai, ką Europa daro kelionių paslaugų paketus perkančių atostogautojų labui

Pavargote nuo sensacingų ir beverčių žinių? Žinokite, kad esate ne vienas. Štai trys dalykai, kuriuos Europa daro norėdama jums padėti tapti sąmoningais interneto naudotojais.

Štai kaip Europa padeda piliečiams tapti sąmoningais interneto naudotojais

Ar jūs perkate internetu? Jei taip, tuomet žinokite, kad priklausote 65 proc. interneto naudotojų Europoje, kurie taip pat perka internetu. Žmonės ir, ypač jaunimas, internetu perka vis dažniau. Tačiau dėl geografinio blokavimo ES interneto naudotojams dažnai ribojama prieiga prie jų pageidaujamų paslaugų. Štai ką daro Europos Sąjunga, kad pirkti internetu būtų lengviau.

Trumpai apie tai, kuo Europa naudinga, kai vykdome tarpvalstybinį pirkimą internetu

Galbūt esate vienas iš daugelio Europos žmonių, kurie naudojasi sutelktiniu finansavimu. Tai nauja internetinė priemonė konkretiems projektams finansuoti. Ja naudodamiesi investuotojai taip pat gali finansuoti įdomius projektus.

Trumpai apie tai, kaip Europa rūpinasi sutelktinio finansavimo subjektais

Ar žinojote, kad ES yra viena pelningiausių internetinių žaidimų rinkų pasaulyje? Papasakosime apie tai, kaip ES saugo internetinių žaidimų žaidėjus, ypač tais atvejais, kai siūloma programėlės priepirka.

Trumpai apie tai, kuo Europa naudinga internetinių žaidimų žaidėjams.

A ban on "roaming" surcharges for using mobile phones abroad in the EU, to take effect from June 2017, and clear rules on the right to internet access, will become law when Parliament takes its final vote on the new telecoms package.

Roaming fees for calling, sending text messages and using mobile internet abroad in the EU will be banned from 15 June 2017.

Roaming - 8th parliamentary term

The EU is under growing pressure from disinformation by countries, non-state actors and terrorist groups which promote violence and use pseudo-news agencies and internet trolls to challenge democratic values and divide Europe.

The EU has been increasingly hit by destabilising messagesamounting – in different forms and to different degrees – to coherent hostile ‘strategic communications’ campaigns, or the processes of infusing communications activities with an agenda or plan to impact the behaviour of a target audience.

Anti-EU propaganda - 8th Parliamentary term

The end of May 2019 marked the first year since the full application of the General data protection regulation (GDPR).

The Parliament and the Commission have stressed that the full potential of data as a social good cannot be unlocked until citizens' lack of trust in technology and their sense of a loss of control of their personal data is properly addressed. Various matters are concerned: Artificial Intelligence (AI); Facial Recognition Technology (FRT); The Internet of Things (IoT); etc.

Data Protection

Tax policy, including the fight against tax fraud, has become a hot topic over the past decade due to journalistic investigations such as LuxLeaks, the Panama Papers, Football Leaks, Bahamas Leaks and the Paradise Papers, which revealed tax leaks and tax havens. The latest finacial data-leak revealed by the media is Pandora papers.

During October II plenary MEPs voted for a resolution on Pandora papers, where they identified what they see as the most urgent measures the EU needs to take to close loopholes that currently allow for tax avoidance, money laundering and tax evasion on a massive scale. They also called for legal action to be taken by the Commission against EU countries that do not properly execute existing laws. MEPs reserved particular criticism for present and former prime ministers and ministers of EU member states whose activities were revealed by the Pandora Papers.

Tax policy has remained EU countries' own responsibility since the EU’s beginning, but the fight against tax fraud is shared by EU countries and the EU.

In November MEPs gave their final green light to new rules obliging big multinationals to publicly declare the taxes they pay in each EU country, in order to undermine tax avoidance. Multinationals and their subsidiaries with annual revenues over €750 million - and which are active in more than one EU country - will now have to publish the amount of tax they pay in each member state. This information will also need to be made publically available on the internet, using a common template and in a machine-readable format.

Since September 2020, the Parliament has had a permanent sub-committee on tax matters. The committee was established to assist the economic and monetary affairs committee with taxation issues and deals with the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, as well as financial transparency in taxation.

Fight against tax avoidance

Speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at EPP Hearing on Internet Safety for Children

EP Plenary session - Oral question - The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+)

Internet access: a new human right

Interneto ryšio vietos bendruomenėse skatinimas (diskusijos)

Promotion of internet connectivity in local communities (debate)

Interneto ryšys siekiant augimo, konkurencingumo ir sanglaudos. Europos gigabitinė visuomenė ir 5G ryšys - Europos pramonės skaitmeninimas (diskusijos)

Internet connectivity for growth, competitiveness and cohesion: European gigabit society and 5G - Digitising European industry (debate)

Neseniai įvykęs IANA koordinavimo perdavimas pasaulinei interneto bendruomenei (2016 m. spalio mėn.) ir Meksikoje vyksiantis Interneto valdymo forumas (2016 m. gruodžio 6–8 d.) (diskusijos)

Recent transition of the IANA stewardship to the global internet community in October 2016 and the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Mexico (6-8 December 2016) (debate)

EYE 2016 – EYEtv Debates « The internet of inequality: next generation digital revolution » and « Dark shadows around the corner: climate change and future food »

UNKN

Kova su seksualine prievarta prieš vaikus internete (diskusijos)

Fight against child sexual abuse on the Internet (debate)

Press seminar for web journalists

Video Hearing with the Senate of the Italian Republic - Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President on Internet as a human right

' Ideas for a new world '  Internet access: a new human right - Debate with EC President and former EC President- Introduction by David SASSOLI, EP President

JURI committee meeting. Exchange of views with Romanian Presidency. Presentation of study on Essential Patents and Internet of Things, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of JURI committee

Press conference on the launch of the new website ' What Europe does for for me '

Press conference on the launch of the new website ' WHAT EUROPE DOES FOR ME '

MEPs vote on several texts: opening of negotiations on the Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders - Guillaume, Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials - Motion for resolution, the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya - Motion for resolution, Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem - Motion for resolution, European green bonds - Tang, Scheme of generalised tariff preferences - Hautala, Financial services contracts concluded at a distance - Kokalari, Urban wastewater treatment. Recast - Torvalds, Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack - Motion for resolution, Taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU - Motion for resolution, The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) - Motion for resolution.

Voting session: Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders, the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU

The internet provides many opportunities for kids to learn and explore, to be creative or to interact with their friends and family, but it also entails many risks such as cyberbullying, age-inappropriate content, disinformation and sexual abuse. In May 2022, the European Commission published a new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+). The new strategy contributes to the vision for the EU's digital transformation by 2030 and reflects the principle, 'Children and young people should be protected and empowered online'. Restrictions: ©The material may not be edited and must be shown entirely.

EPRS - Creating a better internet for kids

Prázdninové plány zmařené přísnými lockdownovými pravidly, nedostatek kontaktu s jinými lidmi a dva teenageři doma – rodina Diaconescu si prožila své. Co je během pandemie drželo nad vodou? Celý příběh rodiny Diaconescu si můžete poslechnout v rozhovoru, který v červenci 2021 poskytli ve videu z cyklu „Spojeni v odloučení“.

Spojeni v odloučení | Příběh rodiny Diaconescu: „Naše děti se s kamarády mohly spojit jen přes internet“

Die Urlaubspläne zunichtegemacht, die sozialen Beziehungen auf Eis gelegt und zwei Teenager zuhause – die Coronapandemie und die damit verbundene Ausgangssperre stellte Familie Diaconescu auf eine harte Probe. Wie haben sie diese Herausforderung gemeistert? Familie Diaconescu erzählt ihre Geschichte in dem Video-Interview an, das sie im Juli 2021 für „Gemeinsam getrennt“ gab.

Gemeinsam getrennt | Familie Diaconescus Geschichte: „Unsere Kinder konnten nur übers Internet mit ihren Freunden in Verbindung bleiben“

Pirmajame šių metų plenariniame posėdyje Europos Parlamento nariai savo naująja pirmininke išrinko Robertą Metsolą ir su Prancūzijos prezidentu Emmanueliu Macronu aptarė Prancūzijos pirmininkavimo ES prioritetus. Parlamentas taip pat balsavo dėl saugesnių skaitmeninių paslaugų ir gyvūnų gabenimo.

Svarbiausi plenarinio posėdžio klausimai: naujoji Parlamento pirmininkė ir interneto platformos

Paskutiniame 2021 metų plenariniame posėdyje Europos Parlamentas Aleksejui Navalnui įteiks 2021 m. Sacharovo premiją už minties laisvę. EP nariai taip pat aptars, kaip griežčiau reglamentuoti dideles internetines platformas, ir balsuos dėl 2022-ųjų paskelbimo Europos jaunimo metais. Visa tai ir dar daugiau greitu metu Strasbūre.

Greitu metu Strasbūre: Sacharovo premija, interneto milžinai ir jaunimas

Europos Parlamentas siekia kovoti su seksualine prievarta prieš vaikus internete. Tai reiškia, kad būtų naudojamos turinio nuskaitymo ir pašalinimo technologijos. Bet kaip tai dera su ES duomenų apsaugos taisyklėmis? Daugiau apie tai papasakos Parlamente skaityto pranešimo autorė Birgit Sippel.

Kova su smurtu prieš vaikus internete, apsaugant asmens duomenis

As of May 2018, with the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, there is one set of data protection rules for all companies operating in the EU, wherever they are based. This Infoclip illustrates people consulting websites on computer and smartphones, GDPR compliances on various websites, internet connections, rooters and servers.

Infoclip: General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application

David SASSOLI, EP President, gives a statement on "Internet as a human right" during a Video Hearing with the Senate of the Italian Republic (Extraordinry Committee for the protection and the promotion of Human Rights). Recorded statement. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

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