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How Traditional Retail Found Its Footing and Caught Up With Amazon

In the public discourse of competition policy, few narratives are as persistent as the "entrenched monopolist." The narrative asserts that once a digital platform achieves a certain scale, network eff...
  • Competition
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ICYMI: A Tech Perspective on Navigating EU Space Policy

On February 18, CCIA, in partnership with NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce and the State Department’s Office of Space Affairs Affairs Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific...
  • Space & Spectrum
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What Bank Tellers and Radiologists Can Tell Us about Our Job Security in the AI Era

Every technological revolution brings understandable fears about the imminent obsolescence of human workers’ skills. Today, that alarm has spiked with rapid advances in generative artificial intelli...
  • Innovation Policy
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In Pictures: European AI Roundtable on the AI Act’s Transparency Code of Practice 

On 11 December 2025, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) hosted the latest edition of its European AI Roundtable in Brussels, bringing together EU policymakers, indust...
    European Union
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A New Era for American Space: The SAT Streamlining Act and Regulatory Modernization

The booming U.S. commercial space economy is not just a technological revolution, it is a critical frontier for American competitiveness. To ensure the United States remains the global leader in this ...
  • Space & Spectrum
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$600 Billion AI Abundance Dividend from Federal Preemption of State Laws

Recent reports indicate that the U.S. Congress is considering attaching a proposal to preempt state-level discriminatory regulation of AI to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If enacted, ...
  • Innovation Policy
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Is the Digital Markets Act Limiting European Businesses’ Potential? 

Some time ago, I joined a panel discussion asking a very timely question about Europe’s digital future: Is the Digital Markets Act (DMA) levelling the playing field for EU businesses, or limiting th...
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In Pictures – Online Personalisation and Consumer Experience Take Centre Stage at CCIA Europe Roundtable

On 20 November 2025, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) convened a roundtable in Brussels to discuss the Digital Fairness Act (DFA). The event focused on key question...
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How to Hide a Discriminatory Tax: Call It an Incentive

The Australian Government has formally begun its consultation process on its proposed News Media Bargaining Code Incentive. As anticipated, the country is continuing down the path of penalizing specif...
  • Digital Economy
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Europe’s Digital Markets Act is Failing Users

Users report costs with no evidence of benefits European Union policymakers sold the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as a way to make digital markets “fair and contestable.” Two years into applicatio...
    European Union
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App Store Age Verification: Popular in Principle, Unworkable in Practice

Key Takeaways App store age verification bills like the federal App Store Accountability Act (H.R. 3149 / S. 1586) are emblematic of public support for age verification in the sense of “rules fo...
  • Online Safety
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An Examination of California and New York Policy on Regulating Frontier AI

As the 2025 California and New York legislative sessions drew to a close, it was clear that regulating artificial intelligence was at the forefront of debate. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed S...
  • Innovation Policy