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

Index score. 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

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