Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which has fought to preserve open internet access for more than two decades, filed its petition today to intervene in the net neutrality case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. CCIA has standing to directly intervene in this action because many of members will be affected…
Vienna, Austria — The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet with Austrian policymakers ahead of the upcoming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. CCIA Europe will also present tech recommendations for how Austrian leaders can help the EU’s economy grow. Austria will will take over…
Washington — The Senate has passed legislation that would narrow critical “Section 230” protections for online companies working with law enforcement to combat human trafficking. Earlier versions of the bill, including one that House Judiciary leadership tried to advance, offered better solutions to patrol for sex trafficking online, while also supporting the efforts of legitimate…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The European Commission today presented a package of digital tax proposals. The package contains two legislative proposals, including a Directive introducing “an interim tax on certain revenue from digital activities.” This controversial digital services tax will be set at 3% of companies’ gross revenues from making available advertisement space, intermediation services and…
The European Commission is scheduled to present a package of digital tax legislative proposals on Wednesday, March 21. The package will include two Directives: The first Directive will introduce new principles for taxation of digital activities, eg. through user engagement and contributions to a platform. The second Directive targeted at online platforms’ online advertisement or…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its “Interim Report on Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation” this afternoon. The report will be discussed at the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors starting Monday in Buenos Aires. The OECD report touches on the European Commission’s proposals on digital…
Washington — The International Trade Commission will hold a hearing Tuesday to prepare for two upcoming digital trade reports. In a recent report, the ITC estimated that business to business e-commerce services will reach $1.1 trillion by 2020. The Computer & Communications Industry Association is scheduled to testify on barriers to the growth of digital…
Brussels — The European Commission has published a Recommendation on measures to effectively tackle illegal content online today. The Recommendation was presented despite the Commission’s commitment to continue its dialogue with relevant stakeholders until at least May 2018 and without reference to any major incidents justifying such a hurry. While not legally binding, this Recommendation…
Washington — FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced the FCC’s plans for promoting the deployment of 5G network technologies. These reforms, which will be voted on at the Commission’s open meeting on March 22nd, aim to ease regulatory review processes and ensure that regulations that apply to large, macrocell towers do not apply to small cells,…
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