The House appears to be trying to use the budget review process to silence the agency charged with protecting consumers’ rights to access communications services like the Internet – the FCC. The House members are upset the FCC supported the interests of the public rather than big telephone and cable companies in a recent open…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) applauds Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) and lead Democratic co-sponsor Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) for introducing the “Supporting the Preservation of Internet Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses” resolution (H.Res. 95), a bipartisan resolution opposing any Congressional legislation granting state governments authority to impose new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is sending to all Members of Congress a joint letter expressing concern about the impact of renewed efforts to expand the government’s power to wiretap and electronically spy on citizens. The open letter to members of Congress and the Administration is jointly signed by the American Library Association, the…
CCIA submitted comments to the Department of Commerce January 28th in response to the green paper they released in December entitled “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy.” We applaud the Department of Commerce for undertaking the large task of addressing the complex and important issues surrounding consumer privacy and innovation on the Internet. The…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds Secretary Clinton’s public request to a U.S. ally to stop blocking social networking sites being used by political protesters and not to stop peaceful protesters in Egypt. After Secretary Clinton’s request, Egypt stopped blocking Twitter and Facebook for several hours, according to various news reports. A year ago,…
The FCC approved rules today designed to defend consumers’ access to an open Internet. The rules offer some protections to ensure the Internet remains open after a recent court decision invalidated the protections of the FCC’s Internet policy statement for end user access. The FCC’s Open Internet rules do not guarantee anyone’s right to an…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is asking the FCC to close some loopholes and strengthen its latest net neutrality plan ahead of a scheduled vote Tuesday. In addition to meeting with FCC members, CCIA also wrote an editorial published in the San Francisco Chronicle Friday. The following statements as well as the complete op ed can…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association responded today to the Commerce Department’s request for comments on obstructions to the global free flow of information on the Internet. The administration requested the information in response to reports that U.S. companies were facing pressure from foreign governments to censor or filter Internet content or turn over customer information. CCIA’s…