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State Legislatures Introduce Over 200 Content Moderation Bills This Session
October 18, 2023
Washington – State legislatures introduced over 200 pieces of legislation regulating online speech this session, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which unveiled i...
CCIA UK’s Response To CMA’s Announcement On Cloud Competition
October 17, 2023
London – The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced the framework for its investigation of the cloud infrastructure services market, following an earlier Ofcom referral.
The...
CCIA Applauds Passage of California Digital Citizenship Bill
October 16, 2023
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association congratulates California lawmakers for the passage of a bill that will incorporate digital citizenship and media literacy educatio...
CCIA Submits Comments on Massachusetts Digital Literacy, Privacy, and Consumer Data Tax Proposals
October 10, 2023
Washington – CCIA submitted written comments to the Massachusetts state legislature on each of three legislative proposals regarding digital literacy (H. 560), privacy (H. 1873), and consumer data t...
Revised Product Liability Rules Adopted by European Parliament Committees
October 9, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – The lead Committees of the European Parliament adopted their position on the revision of the EU Directive on the liability for defective products today.
The Computer & Com...
CCIA UK Responds To Ofcom’s Announcement On Cloud Competition Enforcement
October 5, 2023
London – The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced today that it is recommending that the Competition and Markets Authority open a deeper examination into competition in cloud services, a st...
Controversial Media Exemption Divides European Parliament
October 3, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament adopted its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). Unfortunately, in addition to many unwanted provisions, a controversial proposal to ...
CCIA To Testify Before Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee On SHOP SAFE Tuesday
October 2, 2023
Washington – The Senate Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee is holding a hearing Tuesday on S. 2934, the recently reintroduced Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fake...
CCIA Files Comments with Canadian Heritage on Proposed Regulations for Online News Act
October 2, 2023
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed comments in response to Canada’s consultation regarding proposed regulations for the implementation of the Online News Act...
Supreme Court To Hear Challenges To Texas, Florida Social Media Laws
September 29, 2023
Washington – The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Texas and Florida social media laws that several lower courts have found to violate the First Amendment. The Computer & Communications In...
AI Act: Regulate High-Risk Use Instead of Technology, EU Negotiators Told By Industry
September 29, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – As EU negotiators meet early next week to start hammering out a deal on the landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, a coalition of industry associations is calling on the co-l...