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CCIA Encourages a Deepening of the EU Digital Single Market, Clarified Responsibilities, and Safeguards of Fundamental Rights in Digital Services Act Filing
September 4, 2020
Brussels, BELGIUM --The Computer & Communications Industry Association offered comments on the European Commission’s forthcoming Digital Services Act today. The consultation questions covered to...
CCIA Cautions FCC On Taking Actions Outside Its Legal Authority
September 2, 2020
Washington -- The Federal Communications Commission is receiving comments until Wednesday in response to an NTIA petition for a rulemaking through which the FCC would assert greater control over onlin...
CCIA Praises House Resolution Denouncing Digital Taxes Aimed At U.S. Companies
September 1, 2020
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association commends members of Congress for taking a stand against countries enacting new digital taxes aimed at U.S. tech companies. Today Re...
Apple, Cisco, Google, and Intel Challenge USPTO Rule Reducing Access to IPR
September 1, 2020
Washington -- Four major American technology companies filed a challenge to the so-called NHK-Fintiv rule under the Administrative Procedure Act Monday. The rule, which permits the U.S. Patent and T...
CCIA, 20 Companies, Groups Ask FTC To Pursue Rehearing Of Qualcomm Antitrust Case
August 24, 2020
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 20 other companies and associations in a letter encouraging the Federal Trade Commissioners to seek en banc rehearing of its...
CCIA Offers Comments To FTC Ahead Of Data Portability Workshop
August 21, 2020
Washington -- The FTC will examine practices enabling internet users to transfer data from one internet service to another at a September 22 workshop. The Computer and Communications Industry Associat...
CCIA Expresses Disappointment In Flawed 9th Circuit Qualcomm Decision
August 11, 2020
Washington -- The 9th Circuit today overturned a district court decision by Judge Lucy Koh, holding that Qualcomm had not violated the antitrust laws by refusing to license competitors in violation of...
CCIA Responds To Draft Australian Regulations Aimed At US Tech Companies
July 31, 2020
Washington -- The Australian government has announced that the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) has released its draft Mandatory News Media Bargaining Code of Conduct that regu...
NTIA Files Petition With FCC To Issue Rulemaking On Section 230 In Response To Executive Order
July 27, 2020
Washington -- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has filed a petition with the FCC asking it to issue a rulemaking clarifying Section 230 intermediary protections for what ...
New Morning Consult Poll Shows Americans’ Use, Views On Tech In Times Of Covid
July 23, 2020
Washington -- A Morning Consult poll shows Americans have found value in a range of tech services they are using even more frequently during the pandemic. The poll, commissioned by the Computer and Co...
CCIA Remarks On Remarkable Life Of Congressman John Lewis
July 20, 2020
Washington -- Over the weekend, members of Congress and those who worked with Congressman John Lewis offered praise for his achievements as a leader for human rights. Outrage over Lewis’s beating du...
EU Top Court Strikes Down Privacy Shield, CCIA Calls for Urgent Legal Certainty and Solutions
July 16, 2020
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling today that invalidates Privacy Shield, a key legal mechanism which thousands of companies use to transfer commercial ...