Europe
France should not repeat U.S. surveillance mistakes
May 7, 2015
Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the French government has put forward a controversial bill aimed at boosting its intelligence services. The proposal is expected to be voted into law b...
European Commission Releases Digital Single Market Strategy: The Good and The Bad
May 6, 2015
[Ed. Note: This piece originally appeared on CCIA's Project DisCo blog]
The European Commission has today released its new Digital Single Market Strategy. The objectives of the strategy sit withi...
Europe’s Digital Strategy Must Enable Internet Innovation
May 6, 2015
Brussels - The European Commission today announced its determination to achieve the bold and necessary goal of creating a single European-wide digital market by stripping away unnecessary national rul...
Stakeholders issue recommendations on major UN information society review
May 5, 2015
Geneva -- As delegations convene this week in Geneva to agree on a resolution on the UN’s work on the information society, stakeholders agree on the following set of recommendations:
The Resoluti...
Europe Faces Tough Digital Single Market Choices
May 4, 2015
Brussels - When the European Commission announces its new Digital Single Market Strategy on 6th May, it faces a decisive choice between a forward-looking enabling strategy for the Internet or an insul...
The Digital Single Market Strategy Needs To Address Online Marketplace Bans
April 28, 2015
CCIA coordinated a coalition with European and national e-commerce associations that urged the Commission to address online marketplace bans in the upcoming Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy. We se...
New civil society and industry coalition urges the EU to strengthen intermediary liability protections
April 27, 2015
A civil society and industry coalition today sent an open letter to European Commission leaders urging them to strengthen intermediary liability protections in the new European Digital Single Market ...
The EU Should Strengthen, Not Weaken, Intermediary Liability Protections
April 23, 2015
The European Commission (EC) will on May 6 present a Digital Single Market Strategy, i.e. Europe’s next game plan for digital policy.
Recent terrorist attacks in Europe have led some governments to...
EU and U.S. leaders present shared Internet policy agenda at CCIA event
April 16, 2015
U.S. and the EU officials presented an ambitious shared agreement for cooperation on Internet policy at a well-attended stakeholder event hosted by CCIA in Brussels on April 14.
CCIA warmly welcomes ...
EU Competition Commissioner Issues Statement of Objections to Google
April 15, 2015
Brussels - Today, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced that the European Commission has issued a statement of objections in the Google competition investigation. The Commis...
CCIA Presents Recommendations And Hosts Stakeholder Event, As EU And US Leaders Agree On Digital Cooperation
April 14, 2015
Brussels -- Senior officials from the U.S. Government and the European Commission meet in Brussels today to agree on a blueprint for digital cooperation. In advance the Computer & Communications...