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Appeals Court Finds Florida’s Law Restricting Social Media Can Be Enforced

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Florida’s HB3, restricting access to social media for teens, can be enforced ahead of the ...
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Tech Industry Response as Supreme Court Hears Case Involving Privacy, Video Content

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether a decades-old law protecting privacy of video cassette rentals should be applied to online ...
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Tech Associations Present Semiconductor and Industrial Machinery Tariff Concerns in White House Letter

Washington - The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 4 other tech trade associations in a letter to ...
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Survey Finds UK Data Regulation Costs Tech Businesses £5.3 Billion a Year

London – UK data protection regulation costs UK technology businesses an estimated £5.3 billion a year in compliance and is holding back innovation and investment, according to a new survey ...
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Digital Networks Act: Commission Introduces Backdoor to Resurrect Network Fees

Brussels, BELGIUM – The European Commission’s Digital Networks Act (DNA), proposed today, introduces unnecessary mechanisms that would destabilise Europe’s thriving internet ecosystem and undermine EU ...
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Digital Networks Act Opens Clear Path to Network Fees, Study Warns, as Parliament Risks Making It Worse

Brussels, BELGIUM – A new independent study launched today warns that the European Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) already opens two legal pathways to network fees. The warning comes ...
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CCIA Raises Concerns as Florida Senate Takes Up AI Bill of Rights During Special Session

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association today raised concerns as Florida lawmakers prepare to revisit the proposed Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights during the state’s ...
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Matt Mandel Joins CCIA as Federal Affairs VP

Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association is pleased to welcome Matt Mandel as Vice President for Federal Affairs. Mandel served as Vice President of Government Affairs at WISPA ...
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D.C. Circuit’s Anthropic Decision Expands the Range of Activities Constituting a “Supply Chain Risk” – and the Uncertainty to Contractors

The D.C. Circuit’s decision in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War, No. 26-1049 (D.C. Cir. Sept. 25, 2026) (“Anthropic”), establishes a troubling precedent for defense contractors by broadly ...
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CCIA To Testify Against Georgia Age Verification Bill, Warning of Privacy Risks and Constitutional Concerns

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association will testify today before the Georgia Senate Children and Families Committee in opposition to SB 467, cautioning that the proposal’s ...
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CCIA Testifies in Opposition to Maryland Age Verification Bill

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association will testify today before the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee in opposition to HB 1179, legislation that would impose age ...
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CCIA Report Finds the EU’s DMA Losing Appeal as Global Model for Digital Competition Policy

Washington – A new report from the CCIA Research Center finds that the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is losing appeal as a global model for digital competition policy, with governments ...