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CCIA was founded in 1972 to promote open markets, open systems, and open networks in the computer and telecommunications industry. Today, the association continues to evangelize these principles across these increasingly diverse and economically important sectors of the global economy.

CCIA Asks USTR To Confront Discriminatory Copyright Regulations In Its Annual Trade Report

EU, News & Events, Patent Reform & Copyright, Taxes & Trade, USFebruary 8, 2018

Washington – With Europe and other trading partners passing or considering regulations that violate US trade agreements and international copyright norms, the Computer & Communications Industry Association offered examples Thursday to USTR and asked trade officials to note and fight these trade barriers. CCIA told USTR that US tech companies are facing barriers from countries…

CCIA hosts Transatlantic Digital Economy Dialogue ahead of EU-US regulatory talks

EU, News & EventsFebruary 1, 2018

On the eve of the EU-U.S. Information Society Dialogue, CCIA hosted the third edition of our Transatlantic Digital Economy Dialogue in Brussels on January 31. Speakers included Roberto Viola (Director-General, European Commission), Robert L. Strayer, (Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State) and Brendan Carr (Commissioner, FCC). American and European experts from industry, academia, civil…

Takeaways from Disrupter Series Hearing on The Internet of Things, Manufacturing, and Innovation

Blog, Jobs & Innovation, USJanuary 30, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is already impacting and changing the global manufacturing landscape. On Thursday January 18, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held a hearing as part of their Disrupter Series on IoT, Manufacturing and Innovation. Specifically, the Committee heard testimony from Rodney Masney, Vice President, Technology…

CCIA Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief In American Express Case

Competition, News & Events, USJanuary 23, 2018

Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an amicus brief on how the Supreme Court should look at multi-sided business models from an antitrust perspective when it hears the upcoming Ohio v. American Express case. While CCIA does not weigh in on the substance of the financial services issues impacting merchant fees, the…

House Reauthorizes FISA Electronic Surveillance Without New Limitations

Internet FreedomJanuary 11, 2018

Washington — The House has voted against amendments that would have limited in how the government can use information gathered on Americans during foreign surveillance. House members rejected language that would have closed the “backdoor search loophole” by requiring a warrant for government agencies to access Americans’ communications. The House instead renewed Section 702 of…

CCIA Sponsored Event: Content Moderation & Removal at Scale

News & Events, Patent Reform & CopyrightJanuary 8, 2018

CCIA invites you to join us for “Content Moderation & Removal at Scale”, a full-day conference we are co-sponsoring at Santa Clara University on Friday, February 2. The event will explore how Internet companies operationalize the moderation and removal of third party/user-generated content (UGC). UGC services routinely say that moderating and removing content is hard…

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