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CCIA Praises Congressman Coffman for Introducing Net Neutrality Bill and Supporting CRA

Washington, D.C. -- This morning, Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO), announced that he will introduce a comprehensive piece of legislation to restore net neutrality.  Coffman also announced his support...
  • Telecom
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EU and Japan adopt data flow deal, will they now fight against forced data localisation globally?

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Union and Japan today recognised each others' data protection systems to allow the free flow of data between their economies. The agreement is linked to the major tr...
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CCIA Praises FCC Announcement On Sinclair Merger

Washington -- After months of changing the rules to potentially make the proposed Sinclair takeover of additional stations legal, the FCC announced today it was referring the merger to an administrati...
  • Telecom
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European Parliament Vote Calls For Better Handling Of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Brussels -- Today, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted its report on the proposed EU Cybersecurity Act. The report includes provisions to  improve how E...
  • Cybersecurity
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MEPs Call For Changes To Privacy Shield, Threaten Suspension

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Parliament today passed a non-binding resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework by September 1, unless several improvements are made...
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European Parliament Rejects Copyright Mandate

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Members of the European Parliament today voted to reject the introduction of a press publishers’ right in Europe (the so-called “link tax”) and of content filtering mech...
  • Copyright
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CCIA Welcomes Austrian EU Council Presidency

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.  Austria will steer negotiations from July 1 to Dece...
  • EU
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CCIA Welcomes Music Modernization Act Markup In Senate

Washington -- The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to mark up the Music Modernization Act Thursday. The bill would update the licensing of music rights for the digital age. Senators are also consideri...
  • Copyright
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CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition

Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act. The following...
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CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition

Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act. The following ...
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CCIA Members Support Customer Safety Across Europe

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The world’s leading e-commerce companies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Online Product Safety in a process facilitated by Vĕra Jourová, the European Commissione...
  • EU
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CCIA Co-signs Industry Statement On European Digital Taxation Proposals

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Ahead of the European leaders meeting later this week, CCIA signed on to a joint industry statement on the European Commission's digital taxation proposals. The statement discoura...
  • EU
  • Taxes & Trade