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CCIA Files Comments at Two Agencies on CHIPS Implementation
May 22, 2023
Washington - The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed comments today with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Internal Revenue Service in their parallel ...
CCIA Statement on Irish Decision Regarding EU-US Data Transfers
May 22, 2023
Washington / Brussels – Today, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its decision on Facebook’s transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States, ordering the...
CCIA Statement Urging Opposition to Protectionist Policies
May 19, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, CCIA released the following statement regarding reports that a dozen firms, both U.S. and foreign, are encouraging the United States government to abandon decades-long prot...
Supreme Court Declines To Dislodge Bedrock Internet Law
May 18, 2023
Washington – In two landmark, unanimous decisions involving online speech, the Supreme Court has declined to impose liability on Twitter and Google for alleged terrorist activity that, plaintiffs ar...
CCIA Submits Comments, Testifies Against Harmful Nevada Biometric Privacy Bill
May 17, 2023
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted written comments and will testify Wednesday before the Nevada Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor in opposition to ...
CCIA Statement On Senate Judiciary Committee’s Oversight Hearing On AI
May 16, 2023
Washington – The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from Artificial Intelligence experts Tuesday on where the technology is heading and any risks that should be managed. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., soug...
CCIA Appreciates Wyoming’s Efforts to Protect User Data Privacy, Encourages Clear Roadmap for Compliance
May 16, 2023
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted written testimony and will testify before Wyoming’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital I...
CCIA Statement Opposing Massachusetts Data Tax
May 16, 2023
Washington – Massachusetts is considering a data tax that raises constitutional issues at hearing Tuesday. The Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted written comments and will ...
EU Network Fees Lack Justification and Would Harm Europeans, New Paper Warns
May 16, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Introducing network usage fees to subsidise EU telecom operators would have disastrous consequences for European consumers and the EU digital economy as a whole, the tech industr...
CCIA Statement Following IPEF Negotiating Round
May 15, 2023
Washington – Participants of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) met this past week in Singapore to hold the third round of negotiations for the agreement. Following the conclusion of these m...
AI Act: EU Lawmakers Favour Regulation Over Innovation in Key Vote
May 11, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament’s lead Committees adopted their position on the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which is set to become the world’s first comprehensive reg...
CCIA Statement On How to Achieve Symmetry and Sustainability for USF Ahead Of Senate Hearing
May 10, 2023
Washington – The Senate Communications, Media, and Broadband Subcommittee holds a hearing Thursday on “The State of the Universal Service Fund.” Telecommunications companies pay into that fund, ...