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CCIA UK Response to New Proposed Conduct Requirements for Mobile Ecosystems

London – The Competition and Markets Authority has proposed new conduct requirements for Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems, which would constrain their ability to control developers' “steerin...
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CCIA UK Responds to New Government Consultation on Prioritising Large, Domestic Media Organisations over Smaller, Global Creators in Video Platforms

London – The UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport announced it is “looking at options to ensure [Public Service Media] content is prominent, discoverable and promoted where ...
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CCIA UK Response to UK Announcing Online Restrictions for Teens

London – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce new restrictions on social media and other digital services including a social media ban for under-16s similar to that enacted in Aust...
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CCIA UK Response to CMA’s New Conduct Requirement

London – The Competition and Markets Authority has announced a new conduct requirement today that will, among other things, require Google to provide publishers with additional controls over the use...
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CCIA UK Adds a Senior Policy Manager

London –  The Computer & Communications Industry Association’s UK office is pleased to welcome new senior manager Charlotte Holloway.  Holloway has more than 15 years of experienc...
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CCIA Comments in Response to UK Publishing its Annual Digital Service Tax Collection Amounts

London – Today, the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs published its annual tax receipts for 2025-26, including the total amount made payable to its digital services tax (DST), which totalled £944m (aro...
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CCIA Response to UK Report on Resale Ticket Regulations

London - A review published by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that examines the live music market recommends, among a range of other measures, that the UK government take immediate steps to ba...
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CCIA UK Statement on UK Competition Regulators’ Cloud Services Investigation

London – The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced that it would not prioritise a Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation into cloud services, rejecting a recommendation...
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CCIA Response to UK Ministerial Report, AI and Copyright Economic Impact Study Today

London – The UK Government has announced that it “no longer has a preferred option” and is not planning to proceed with copyright reforms that would have provided AI training with protection sim...
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CCIA UK Statement Following App Store Updates, UK Regulators’ Concerns

London – Apple and Google announced commitments relating to their App Stores following concerns raised by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA said these commitments would com...
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British Voters Back AI-Friendly Copyright Reform to Allow Research and Training in the UK

London – New public opinion research from Freshwater Strategy, commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, finds that the UK can seize the opportunity presented by AI by ...
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New Survey: Restrictive Software Licensing Undermines Productivity and Raises Costs at UK Businesses and Public Services

London - As the UK government prioritises economic growth and public sector productivity, new research reveals that restrictive software licensing practices are quietly costing businesses and public s...
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