Europe
EU Commission Releases Communication on "Tackling Illegal Content Online"
September 28, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission published a Communication on “Tackling Illegal Content Online - Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms” today. Its aim is to publish gu...
Industry Groups Urge European Leaders To Reevaluate Direction of EU Digital Proposals
September 25, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Industry groups have sent their strongest criticism to date of the EU’s “Digital Single Market proposals” in a joint letter to European leaders ahead of the Tallinn Digital ...
Tech Associations Offer Recommendations Ahead of Next Audiovisual Reform Negotiations
September 25, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- In advance of the next Trilogue meeting on a proposal for an Audio-Visual Media Services Directive (“AVMSD”), tech associations including the Computer & Communications I...
Tech Associations Offer Recommendations Ahead of G-7 Digital Ministers Meeting
September 22, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- In advance of the G-7 ICT ministerial meeting on September 26-27 in Turin, Italy, technology and communications industry groups issued a joint statement recommending policies on...
State Department’s Rob Strayer Begins Work Leading International Engagement On Internet, Digital Economy Issues
September 21, 2017
Washington -- A new Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy began work this week at the State Department. Rob Strayer will help advocate f...
CCIA Reaffirms Support for EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as Joint Annual Review Begins
September 17, 2017
Washington DC -- E.U. and U.S. officials meet in Washington Monday and Tuesday for the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the recently implemented framework for transatlantic transfe...
Small European businesses vs. new EU VAT bureaucracy
September 5, 2017
An often overlooked European success story is how hundred of thousands of European small companies have thrived thanks to the Internet. With a few clicks on the keyboard, the smallest European firm ...
EU Countries Question The Compatibility Of Copyright Reform With EU Fundamental Rights
September 5, 2017
Brussels -- This morning, the website Statewatch published a leaked EU Council document on the copyright reform, in which a number of European countries are strongly questioning its compatibility with...
EU top court to decide if France’s “right to be forgotten” approach should apply globally
July 19, 2017
Today a French court deferred to the EU’s highest court the question of whether a French “right to be forgotten” ruling should apply to online search results globally.Essentially the EU's top co...
DG Competition Reveals Final Report of E-Commerce Sector Inquiry; Online Marketplace Bans Hold Back E-Commerce
May 10, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today DG Competition published its final report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry. The sector inquiry was launched in May 2015 as part of the Commission’s Digital Single Market S...
CCIA, Tech Associations Issue Recommendations On Building The EU Data Economy
April 27, 2017
Brussels --CCIA, along with 15 other tech association, issued a joint statement on the European Commission's “Building A European Data Economy” Communication & Consultation on April 26. The ...