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CCIA Offers Praise For Clyburn’s FCC Service
May 9, 2018
Washington -- As FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn ends her remarkable tenure, the Computer & Communications Industry Association is grateful for her service to our country. Clyburn is expected to g...
CCIA Praises White House Attention, Support For AI
May 9, 2018
Washington -- The White House will hear from leading tech innovators like Nvidia and Intel at a meeting on Artificial Intelligence Thursday. Michael Kratsios, the deputy U.S. chief technology officer ...
CCIA Calls For In Depth Investigation Of Proposed Merger Of T-Mobile And Sprint
April 30, 2018
Washington -- Sprint and T-Mobile announced plans to merge Sunday. The third and fourth largest mobile phone carriers said the merger would help them compete with the two largest companies AT&T an...
CCIA Welcomes Senate Confirmation of Chairman, Four Commissioners to lead Federal Trade Commission
April 27, 2018
Washington — The U.S. Senate has confirmed unanimously the new chairman, Republican Joseph Simons, to lead the Federal Trade Commission. The Senate has also confirmed four new Commissioners, Repub...
European Commission Proposes Plan To Tackle Disinformation Online
April 26, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission has released its Communication on “Tackling online disinformation,” aimed at improving information transparency, diversity and credibility through incl...
European Commission Proposes New Regulation On Platform-to-Business Relations
April 26, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission today presented a new proposal for a Regulation affecting many online platforms and search engines. The proposed Regulation on “promoting fairness and tr...
Universities, Journalists, Digital Rights Groups and Tech Sector Warn of Disastrous Consequences of Copyright Directive, Ask EU Member States to Continue Technical Discussions
April 26, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- More than 145 universities, libraries, human rights, media freedom, technology businesses and digital rights groups sent an open letter Thursday. The letter asked EU Member States...
CCIA Welcomes EU’s Positive Approach to Artificial Intelligence
April 25, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission published today a Communication on “Maximising the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence for Europe”, aimed at boosting Europe’s technology and industr...