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CCIA Welcomes New European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen

Heather Greenfield July 16, 2019
Strasbourg, France -- The European Parliament today voted to confirm Ursula von der Leyen as the next President of the European Commission. President von der Leyen previously served in the German government in several ministerial roles, including as Minister of Defence. She will be the first woman [ More ... ]
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CCIA Disappointed By Discriminatory French Digital Tax, Urge Global Tax Reform

Heather Greenfield July 11, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- France’s Senate today approved a national tax, which will require major tech companies to pay a 3% tax on their turnover in France applied retroactively from the start of the year.  The justification for the tax is that so-called digital companies pay less tax than [ More ... ]
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CCIA Applauds USTR Investigation Into French Digital Tax

Heather Greenfield July 10, 2019
Washington -- US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has announced an investigation into France’s proposed digital services tax, which is widely understood as targeting U.S. technology companies for unique taxation. The French measure cleared the lower house of Parliament last week. A vote in [ More ... ]
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CCIA Comments On Social Media Content Removal Policies Ahead Of White House Meeting

Heather Greenfield July 10, 2019
Washington -- The White House is hosting a meeting to discuss right wing grievances against social media Thursday, according to news reports. Without a doubt for companies and society at large, it is always a challenge to both protect vigorous free speech and still respond to concerns about hate [ More ... ]
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CCIA Industry Welcomes Bipartisan Warning to Lighthizer, Administration on French Digital Services Tax

Heather Greenfield June 19, 2019
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association commends Representatives Suzan DelBene and Darin LaHood, co-chairs of the Congressional Digital Trade Caucus, for calling upon the U.S. Administration to take “prompt and targeted action” in response to France’s Digital [ More ... ]
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CCIA Warns Section 230 Bill Sets Up Government Censorship Of Online Speech; Less Freedom For Internet Sites To Remove Extremist Content

Heather Greenfield June 19, 2019
Washington -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has introduced legislation that would give tech companies the option of either applying to the government for a license to remove particular content like hate speech -- or take an entirely hands-off approach. The bill to remove Section 230 liability [ More ... ]
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Leading European Software Security Firm, Guardtime, Joins CCIA

Heather Greenfield June 18, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes Guardtime, it’s newest member in Europe. Guardtime is a technology company founded in Estonia and headquartered in Switzerland that has developed the KSI Blockchain technology stack. CCIA is an international [ More ... ]
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CCIA Tech Delegation Meets Incoming Finnish EU Presidency In Helsinki

Heather Greenfield June 17, 2019
Helsinki, Finland -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet Finnish politicians and senior officials Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of Finland taking over the Presidency of the Council of the EU.  CCIA Europe will also present its EU [ More ... ]
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CCIA Announces COO, Global Competition Counsel Promotions in Washington, DC Office

Heather Greenfield June 14, 2019
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association is announcing promotions for two of its DC staff. Matthew Schruers, who has served as CCIA’s Vice President of Law & Policy since 2010, will be promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Schruers joined CCIA in 2005 from the [ More ... ]
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