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Online Retailers Could Be Hobbled in Lame Duck
September 26, 2014
In July, we warned against the short-sighted folly of conflating the issues of the Internet access tax moratorium and online sales tax collection, characterizing the then newly introduced Marketplace ...
FTC Speaks On Cybersecurity, How Data Security Policy Should Be Handled
September 22, 2014
Last week, as the keynote speaker at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ event about the role of independent agencies in cybersecurity, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill discussed the FTC...
Digital Policy Under the Next European Commission
September 19, 2014
The new college of European Commissioners is expected to assume office on 1st November. While the whole college of Commissioners-designate presented by President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker will have to...
Record Open Internet Comments Warrant FCC Field Hearings
September 16, 2014
The FCC has now received 3 million comments on keeping the Internet open and preventing discrimination by Internet access providers. That record level of interest indicates the FCC now needs to hear f...
CCIA Files FCC Comments Noting Lack Of Competition, Need To Preserve Open Internet
September 15, 2014
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed comments with the FCC today that offer additional legal arguments in support of preserving Open Internet access and respond...
Global stakeholders advance joint vision for the evolution of the Internet governance system at Istanbul conference
September 12, 2014
A record number of representatives from civil society, academia, business, technical community, and governments gathered in Istanbul on September 2-5 for the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF). ...
Letters Ask Congress To Bring ECPA Reform To A Vote
September 10, 2014
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined other technology advocates today in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, asking for a vote on the Senate’s bi...
European Commissioners for Internet Matters Named
September 10, 2014
Brussels -- The European Commission’s incoming President Jean-Claude Juncker today announced how he would allocate portfolios among the 28 nominated Commissioners. Commission Vice President Andrus A...