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The EU Should Strengthen, Not Weaken, Intermediary Liability Protections
April 23, 2015
The European Commission (EC) will on May 6 present a Digital Single Market Strategy, i.e. Europe’s next game plan for digital policy.
Recent terrorist attacks in Europe have led some governments to...
Congress Introduces Fast-Track Trade Promotion Authority Legislation
April 16, 2015
Washington -- The House and Senate have introduced bipartisan legislation to give the President “fast-track” trade promotion authority (TPA). The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Acco...
EU and U.S. leaders present shared Internet policy agenda at CCIA event
April 16, 2015
U.S. and the EU officials presented an ambitious shared agreement for cooperation on Internet policy at a well-attended stakeholder event hosted by CCIA in Brussels on April 14.
CCIA warmly welcomes ...
EU Competition Commissioner Issues Statement of Objections to Google
April 15, 2015
Brussels - Today, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced that the European Commission has issued a statement of objections in the Google competition investigation. The Commis...
CCIA Joins Letter Opposing Site Blocking by the ITC
April 14, 2015
Last week, CCIA and fifteen other tech industry and public interest groups, as a well of number of prominent legal scholars, signed a letter to the International Trade Commission (ITC) expressing conc...
CCIA Presents Recommendations And Hosts Stakeholder Event, As EU And US Leaders Agree On Digital Cooperation
April 14, 2015
Brussels -- Senior officials from the U.S. Government and the European Commission meet in Brussels today to agree on a blueprint for digital cooperation. In advance the Computer & Communications...
CCIA Welcomes The Judicial Redress Act of 2015
April 9, 2015
CCIA supports the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015 as introduced by Representatives Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Conyers (D-MI).
This Act is crucial to help restore global trust in the U.S. govern...
H-1B Applications Again Go to Lottery
April 8, 2015
Days after the application period opened, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the number of H-1B temporary work visa applications received already surpasses the an...
MEPs, Academics, Businesses Discuss CCIA/EDiMA Internet Opportunity Study
March 30, 2015
Brussels --- Just a month after an OECD report calling on Europe to boost productivity, CCIA and EDiMA released a report illustrating untapped potential of the Internet that could do just that. Bria...
CCIA Joins Letter Asking Congress To Stop NSA From Bulk Data Collection
March 25, 2015
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined a coalition letter urging Congress to pass legislation to stop the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of electroni...
Scrapped Indian internet law is big win for freedom of speech online
March 24, 2015
India’s Supreme Court today, March 24, vetoed a controversial 2009 amendment to India’s Information Technology Act. The court found it unconstitutional as a restriction on freedom of speech onli...