Editing Net neutrality (section)

===Device neutrality===
[[Device neutrality]] is the principle that to ensure freedom of choice and freedom of communication for users of network-connected devices, it is not sufficient that network operators do not interfere with their choices and activities; users must be free to use applications of their choice and hence remove the applications they do not want. Device vendors can establish policies for managing applications, but they, too, must be applied neutrally.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

An unsuccessful bill to enforce network and device neutrality was introduced in Italy in 2015 by [[Stefano Quintarelli]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hermescenter.org/net-neutrality-device-neutrality/ |title=After Net Neutrality, Device Neutrality |access-date=20 March 2018 |date=4 December 2017 |website=hermescenter.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102212402/https://www.hermescenter.org/net-neutrality-device-neutrality/ |archive-date=2 January 2018 }}</ref> The law gained formal support at the European Commission<ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2018 |title=Draft law laying down measures concerning the provision of Internet services for the protection of competition and freedom of access for users (under 'Contributions') |url=http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2017&num=498#contrib |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230706/http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2017&num=498#contrib |archive-date=20 March 2018 |access-date=20 March 2018 |website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref> from BEUC, the [[European Consumer Organisation]], the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] and the [[Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} A similar law was enacted in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kimchang.com/frame2.jsp?lang=2&b_id=88&m_id=81&mode=view&idx=17195 |title=Amended Enforcement Decree of the Telecommunications Business Act Now Effective |access-date=20 March 2018 |date=20 July 2017 |website=kimchang.com |archive-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130314/http://www.kimchang.com/frame2.jsp?lang=2&b_id=88&m_id=81&mode=view&idx=17195 |url-status=live }}</ref> Similar principles were proposed in China.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.kwm.com/en/cn/knowledge/insights/chinas-m-i-i-t-to-expand-oversight-over-mobile-phone-apps-20160108
 |title=China's M.I.I.T. Proposes Broad Regulatory Oversight over Pre-Installed Mobile Phone/Device Applications
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505134743/http://www.kwm.com/en/cn/knowledge/insights/chinas-m-i-i-t-to-expand-oversight-over-mobile-phone-apps-20160108
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 }}</ref> The French telecoms regulator ARCEP has called for the introduction of device neutrality in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/regulator-slams-devices-as-weak-link-for-net-neutrality/ |title=Regulator slams devices as weak link for net neutrality |access-date=20 March 2018 |date=16 February 2018 |website=mobileworldlive.com |archive-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063219/https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/regulator-slams-devices-as-weak-link-for-net-neutrality/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The principle has been incorporated in the EU's [[Digital Markets Act]] (Articles 6.3 an 6.4)<ref>{{Cite web |title=L_2022265EN.01000101.xml |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R1925 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2024}}