Brussels, BELGIUM — The European Commission today issued an antitrust decision against Google with respect to its Android mobile operating system (OS). The decision alleges that Google’s practice of offering a suite of proprietary Google apps to device manufacturers gives an anti-competitive advantage to certain Google apps. It also considers anti-fragmentation agreements with device manufacturers,…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association praised the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for its interest in prioritizing work on international internet issues in comments filed today. CCIA’s comments focused on how the US government could best promote the internet as a platform for free expression and commerce. CCIA recommended that NTIA…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The European Parliament today passed a non-binding resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework by September 1, unless several improvements are made. The European Commission and the U.S. Administration will formally review the enforcement of the Privacy Shield in September. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has been…
Brussels — A political agreement was achieved late today on the legislative proposal on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU. The European Parliament and the Council is expected to officially approve the agreed text in coming weeks after which the Regulation will become EU law. The European Commission presented its proposal for…
Brussels — The European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection today voted through the legislative proposal on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU. The committee vote gives the Parliament mandate to start negotiations with the European Council with possibly final adoption of the legislation as early as this month. EU…
Washington — Several groups have launched a six figure ad campaign to put political pressure on the FTC to break up Facebook. These groups, however, fail to identify the competition harm that such an action would remedy, putting the cart before the horse. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has supported antitrust investigations and…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The European Commission has released its Communication on “Tackling online disinformation,” aimed at improving information transparency, diversity and credibility through inclusive solutions. The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the multi-stakeholder approach chosen by the Commission, which we believe appropriately addresses this complicated issue. The Commission specifically wants to develop an EU-wide…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The European Commission today presented a new proposal for a Regulation affecting many online platforms and search engines. The proposed Regulation on “promoting fairness and transparency for business users of intermediation services” will require online intermediation services to offer business customers using these services more transparency on terms and conditions, rankings and…
Washington — The Disruptive Competition (DisCo) blog that covers disruptive innovation and the policies that enable it launched its new blog design today. The Computer & Communications Industry Association started its DisCo blog more than five years ago before tech competition issues were news headlines. Since then, the technology policy experts have written published posts…
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