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The DMA Security Paradox: Balancing Openness and User Safety in the Mobile Age

More than two years into enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), one of its most difficult challenges is becoming increasingly clear: how can digital ecosystems be opened to greater competition ...
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Functional App Stores Aren’t a Tax

Two “studies” this week discussed in the Daily Mail purport to show a large imposition on consumers. They describe almost all the costs associated with running an app store -- including keeping us...
  • Digital Economy
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Amazon Opened Its Logistics Network, Following the Virtuous Cycle Strategy 

In May 2026, Amazon opened its logistics network to everyone. Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) makes the company's freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and parcel-delivery capabilities available to a...
  • Competition
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Twenty Thousand Cables Under the Sea

In a recent article for the Financial Times about technology companies investing in subsea cables, Elisabeth Braw raises a series of concerns that seem difficult to square with the realities of the di...
  • Innovation Policy
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How the UK social media ban might come unstuck

Responsible companies are working hard to deliver age-appropriate experiences for children through strong defaults with parental oversight. The question is not whether to act, but the right role for r...
  • Online Safety
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Applying Semiconductor Tariffs to Data Centers Would Cost the U.S. $90 Billion a Year

Bottom Line Up Front Applying 25% Section 232 semiconductor tariffs to data centers would represent a 15.6% tax on data center construction. When you tax something, you get less of it. Data ...
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Is the DMA the Right Tool to Promote Competition in Cloud Computing? 

As cloud computing continues to solidify its role as a vital engine for Europe’s economic future, discussions are intensifying over how to best maintain the cloud sector’s competitive dynamics. Du...
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Amended California Bill AB 1776 Still Costs $760 Billion and 1.2 Million Jobs Over a Decade

When the CCIA Research Center first estimated the economic cost of California Assembly Bill 1776 (AB 1776), the “COMPETE Act,” in April, the bill on the table was the version amended on March 23, ...
  • Competition
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The Future of Commercial Space Policy: Takeaways from ASCEND 2026

From May 19-21, thousands of commercial space professionals gathered in Washington, D.C. for the ASCEND conference and the Commercial Space Policy Summit. The event brought together engineers, policym...
  • Space & Spectrum
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CCIA Welcomes UK House of Lords Committee Focus on Regulatory Certainty and Innovation

Yesterday’s publication of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee’s (Committee's) report, “Time is money: How regulators can support growth” is a welcome contribution to the thin...
  • Competition
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Standard-Setting Organizations as Pro-Competitive Drivers of Economic Growth

Bottom Line Up Front Standard-Setting Organizations (SSOs) are easy to overlook because they disappear into the background when they work well. Consumers may not think about technical standards whe...
  • Competition
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Knowledge Standards in Online Safety and Privacy Legislation

As policymakers consider various proposals for safeguarding younger users online, this article serves as a guide to understanding most commonly used legal knowledge standards. It describes existing kn...
  • Online Safety