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IPEF Leaders Announce Trade Partners, Negotiating Objectives
September 9, 2022
Washington -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and U.S Commerce Department officials hosted meetings with trading partners in Los Angeles this week for the first face-to-face ministerial me...
CCIA To Testify Before FTC On Privacy Thursday
September 8, 2022
Washington –The Computer & Communications Industry Association will testify Thursday during the Federal Trade Commission’s Public Forum on Privacy. CCIA supports baseline federal privacy rules...
CCIA Statement On Senate Bill That Would Change Antitrust Laws For News Organizations
September 7, 2022
Washington — Legislation to exempt some news media outlets from antitrust laws against collusion known as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act is scheduled to be marked up by the Senate J...
CCIA Release White Paper on Canada’s Proposed Online News Act, Details Threats to U.S.-Canada Trade Relationship
September 7, 2022
Washington -- Canada is expected to soon renew legislative debate on Bill C-18, referred to as the “Online News Act.” The Online News Act would impose payment obligations to news publishers on one...
California Passes Bills Impacting Content Moderation, Online Privacy, Data
August 31, 2022
Washington – As California wraps up its legislative session, lawmakers approved several problematic bills regarding online content moderation, data privacy, and algorithms, which will now be sent to...
9 Associations Call for Balanced Liability Rules for Consumers and Businesses
August 31, 2022
Brussels, BELGIUM — The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) and eight other leading trade associations representing startups, SMEs, and technology companies sent an indu...
CCIA Files Comments On South African Online Platforms Market Report
August 24, 2022
Washington – South Africa’s Competition Commission has requested comments on its provisional report on Online Intermediation Platforms, which expresses concern about how particular features of onl...
CCIA Offers PTO Comments On Improving Patent Quality, Discouraging Legal Antics With Invalid Patents
August 18, 2022
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office should not leave an invalid patent in force, even if the challenger is to be sanctioned,...