French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic
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French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 4 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #21 of 30, reached on Oct 31, 12:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 31, 12:37 UTC.
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This is why the EU will never be a tech powerhouse, the culture is just not there. Some EU countries even charge you a copyright tax when you buy a smartphone per gigabyte because they just assume that you'll fill every gigabyte with pirated music. Just old people being old people.
Is this the 349th? [1] Probably not, they're likely over it already. I'm sure this one will really fix France and make things that much better. [1] https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/05/30/france-germany-uk-number...
The tax is huge. Fortunately, I do not live in France. Otherwise, this tax would cost me at least 50% of what I pay for all my food, daily. 50 GB of daily traffic is normal for me, sometimes even much more, e.g. one day ago I had a traffic of 1 TB per day, because I downloaded the Mistral Large LLM weights. So to…
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Is French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 31, 12:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic reached?
#21 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 31, 12:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 31, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (4 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
63 points and 59 comments; submitted by helloplanets on Oct 31, 2026.