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CCIA Files Commerce Department Comments On Counterfeiting
July 29, 2019
Washington -- The Commerce Department is taking comments through the end of the business day on curbing the availability of counterfeit products online, following a Presidential Memorandum issued in A...
CCIA Disappointed With Enacted French Digital Tax
July 25, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- French President Emmanuel Macron has signed the country’s new digital services tax into law. The official text was published today.
The French Senate and industry has voiced ...
CCIA Welcomes New European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen
July 16, 2019
Strasbourg, France -- The European Parliament today voted to confirm Ursula von der Leyen as the next President of the European Commission. President von der Leyen previously served in the German gove...
CCIA Disappointed By Discriminatory French Digital Tax, Urge Global Tax Reform
July 11, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- France’s Senate today approved a national tax, which will require major tech companies to pay a 3% tax on their turnover in France applied retroactively from the start of the ye...
CCIA Applauds USTR Investigation Into French Digital Tax
July 10, 2019
Washington -- US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has announced an investigation into France’s proposed digital services tax, which is widely understood as targeting U.S. technology companies ...
CCIA Comments On Social Media Content Removal Policies Ahead Of White House Meeting
July 10, 2019
Washington -- The White House is hosting a meeting to discuss right wing grievances against social media Thursday, according to news reports. Without a doubt for companies and society at large, it is ...
CCIA Industry Welcomes Bipartisan Warning to Lighthizer, Administration on French Digital Services Tax
June 19, 2019
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association commends Representatives Suzan DelBene and Darin LaHood, co-chairs of the Congressional Digital Trade Caucus, for calling upon the ...
CCIA Warns Section 230 Bill Sets Up Government Censorship Of Online Speech; Less Freedom For Internet Sites To Remove Extremist Content
June 19, 2019
Washington -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has introduced legislation that would give tech companies the option of either applying to the government for a license to remove particular content like hate sp...
Leading European Software Security Firm, Guardtime, Joins CCIA
June 18, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes Guardtime, it’s newest member in Europe. Guardtime is a technology company founded in Estonia and headquartered i...
CCIA Tech Delegation Meets Incoming Finnish EU Presidency In Helsinki
June 17, 2019
Helsinki, Finland -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet Finnish politicians and senior officials Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of Fi...
CCIA Announces COO, Global Competition Counsel Promotions in Washington, DC Office
June 14, 2019
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association is announcing promotions for two of its DC staff.
Matthew Schruers, who has served as CCIA’s Vice President of Law & Policy...
CCIA Applauds Sens. Markey, Cantwell, and Wyden for Pushing Senate Action on Net Neutrality
June 11, 2019
Washington -- Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) demanded that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bring net neutrality legislation to the ...