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EU Court Ruling On Worldwide Take Down of Defamatory Content Raises Freedom of Speech Concerns

Brussels, BELGIUM — The EU Court of Justice today ruled that host providers can be asked to take down defamatory content, that is “identical” or “equivalent” to content previously ruled ille...
  • EU
  • Internet Freedom
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U.S. Appeals Court Gives Mixed Ruling On FCC Order To Abdicate Net Neutrality Enforcement

Washington --  A federal court has found the FCC can choose to give up its role protecting nondiscriminatory internet access, but the ruling appears to leave the door open for states to enforce net n...
  • Internet Freedom
  • Telecom
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U.S., UK Tech and Business Groups Call on Leaders To Advance Digital Trade

Washington -- Today, a coalition of tech groups and experts from business, government, and academia in the United States and United Kingdom called on government leaders to advance a high-standard mode...
  • EU
  • Taxes & Trade
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CCIA Welcomes U.S.-Japan Trade Understanding, Encourages Further Work on Digital Priorities

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the agreement on digital trade announced today between Presidents Abe and Trump as an important first step in strengthenin...
  • Taxes & Trade
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EU Top Court: Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” Does Not Apply Globally

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today, the EU Court of Justice ruled that removed or delisted web links (or URLs) from search engines should not apply worldwide. Europe’s highest court was asked to provide dir...
  • EU
  • Internet Freedom
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EU, US Officials To Meet For Annual Data Privacy Review

Washington -- The third annual review of the agreement used to transfer data between the US and EU begins this week. European Commission, Data Protection Authorities, and their US counterparts, will r...
  • EU
  • Privacy & Security
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CCIA Patent Counsel Josh Landau Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee

Washington -- CCIA Patent Counsel Josh Landau will testify  before the Senate Judiciary’s IP subcommittee today on pending patent legislation. Landau will caution senators that provisions in the ST...
  • Patent Reform & Copyright
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CCIA Welcomes Nominated European Commissioners

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the portfolio assignments of the designated European Commissioners today.  Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) ...
  • EU
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Victoria de Posson joins CCIA In Brussels

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Victoria de Posson has joined the Computer & Communications Industry Association’s Brussels team and will advocate on tech policy issues including Artificial Intelligence, c...
  • EU
  • Patent Reform & Copyright
  • Copyright
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G7 Leaders Commit to Global Tax Reform, Presidents Trump and Macron Discuss French Digital Tax

Washington -- At the conclusion of the G7 Leaders Summit taking place over this weekend in Biarritz, France, the G7 leaders committed to reaching an agreement in 2020 to “modernize international tax...
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  • Taxes & Trade
  • US
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Tech Industry Offers Recommendations Ahead of G7 Summit

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 14 other industry associations in releasing recommendations ahead of the G7 Leaders Summit taking place this weekend in Biar...
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‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Feature Offers Consumers New Transparency and Control

Washington -- Today Facebook announced the release of its long-anticipated ‘Clear History’ tool named “off-Facebook Activity”. This feature allows users to access browsing data recorded by thi...
  • Privacy & Security