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ECIPE paper says Digital Fairness Act could cost EUR 29 billion a year

ECIPE occasional paper by Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Claudia Lozano argues the EU's proposed Digital Fairness Act would cost EUR 10 billion to EUR 29 billion a year, above the Commission's own EUR 7.9 billion harm estimate, and would favour large platforms over regional media.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE Occasional Paper, June 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish the Digital Fairness Act's final scope or adoption; the cost estimates are the paper's own modelling.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion; moves no question; scale reflects EU-wide Digital Fairness Act debate. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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