France’s gigabyte tax would charge data providers €0.055 per gigabyte
France's National Assembly approved a proposed gigabyte tax of €0.055 per gigabyte in a first-reading vote of 11 to 10, as part of the 2027 budget. The levy would target data providers such as Google, Meta and Netflix rather than subscribers, and VideoLAN estimates costs above €1 million a year. The government opposed the amendment and the Senate is next. No crypto assets are directly involved.