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Advocating for a free and open internet, and balanced tech policy in Europe. #NetworkFees #AIact #DataFlows #EUCS #DataAct #DSA #DMA #GDPR #EMFA #CSAR ➡️ ccianet.org/hub/europe/

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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Press release 📄 Hidden 'Network Fee' Backdoors in #DigitalNetworksAct Exposed as Big Telcos Push for Payments ☎ "Big telcos may be silent on #NetworkFees at #FTConnectEurope, but still demand mandatory payments, despite #OpenInternet consequences." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Packaging is shrinking, but labelling rules keep growing. 📦 Why print leaflets when 97% of Europeans have mobile internet? Together with 21 trades, we urge the EU to simplify consumer information with one data carrier, tech neutrality, and e-labels. ➡️ ccianet.org/library/2026...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Press release 📄 CCIA Europe Strengthens Brussels Team with Three New Appointments 👥 "We are delighted to welcome Albane, Alessia, and Beatriz to the CCIA Europe team. Their experience brings valuable new expertise to our EU office." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/09...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The #KidsAct creates legal overlap and duplication that ultimately weaken protections for #children and consumers," Daniel Friedlaender cautions. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 "More regulatory complexity and confusion will only make it harder to keep young people safe." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/09...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What should an ambitious European #AI strategy for the #cultural and #creative sectors look like? 🤖🎨 In our response to the @EU_Commission's recent call for evidence, CCIA Europe sets out 6️⃣ key recommendations. 📄 Discover: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Europe has no shortage of #tech ideas. 🧠 So why is turning #startups into global champions so difficult? ⚡ Join us at 'Europe’s Next Tech Chapter: What #Founders Need to Build and Scale Here' on 📅 29 September in Brussels. 👉 www.unlock-innovation.eu/news/event-e... #UnlockEUInnovation
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Press release 📄 EU's First-Ever #DataCentre Rating Scheme Overlooks Engineering And Geographic Realities 🌍 "The rating scheme risks pushing data centre #investment outside the EU, undermining both competitiveness and the #environmental goals." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/09...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The #DigitalNetworksAct's Scope Creep: "By reclassifying #CDNs and private networks under the #telecom umbrella, Article 9 of the DNA introduces a sneaky backdoor to #NetworkFees." 🚩 👉 Learn more: project-disco.org/european-uni... #NetNeutrality #OpenInternet
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What do #founders need to build, scale, and succeed in Europe? 🚀 Join us in Brussels on 29 September for 🇪🇺 'Europe's Next Tech Chapter: What Founders Need to Build and Scale Here,' the latest event in our #UnlockEUInnovation series. 🌐 🔗 Register now: form.qomon.org/e834c78d-eur...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Press release 📄 EU Online Age Checks Make #Privacy Trade-Offs Unavoidable "Children deserve a safe internet, but paper promises are not enough." 🔐"How will @EU_Commission ensure this does not enable #surveillance at scale?" ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/09... #KidsAct
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📣 Ahead of #SOTEU2026 today, 15 tech associations call on @EU_Commission to deliver a coherent framework for #ChildSafety, while safeguarding kids' rights to learn, connect, and thrive. 📄 Joint statement: ccianet.org/library/join... #KidsAct
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#PublicProcurementAct: "The EU should set objective, proportionate requirements that allow trusted #tech suppliers to compete on clear and consistent terms, without introducing derogations based on a supplier’s passport or market position." 🛂🌍 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/09...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#ProductInformation in 24 languages crammed onto a paper leaflet? 🗑️ Why do EU product rules still mandate avoidable #waste? 🖨️ Broad coalition calls on the @EU_Commission to allow digital product information under the #EUProductAct. 📄 Joint letter: ccianet.org/library/cros...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Press release 📄 New EU Rules on Short-Term Rentals Lack Enforcement and Redress 🏠⚖️ "Europe will not solve its #housing crisis by giving cities an EU framework to restrict #ShortTermRentals and then letting them police their own compliance." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/09...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What does the EU #digital rulebook look like to #tech founders and #startups trying to build and scale across Europe? 📣 In Amsterdam, we took the #UnlockEUInnovation discussion beyond Brussels and into the #founder community. ➡️ www.unlock-innovation.eu/news/tech-fo... #DigitalOmnibus
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How should @EU_Commission approach #copyright opt-outs for #AItraining? 🌐 "Rather than fragmented, overlapping, or mandated mechanisms that risk making the #TDM framework unworkable, the EU should rely on international consensus standards." ➡️ project-disco.org/european-uni... #AIact
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New letter 📩 Ahead of the European Commission's #AffordableHousingAct on 9 September, CCIA Europe is calling for any new EU approach to #ShortTermRentals to be based on evidence, not assumptions. 🏘️📊 👉 Read our full letter: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is the #DigitalMarketsAct moving beyond its 'teething phase' or do key questions on compliance and procedural fairness remain? 🔍 Our latest #DigitalCompetitionDay recap looks at why the DMA’s impact should be assessed through both benefits and costs. 👉 ccianet.org/articles/bey...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Will the #TechSovereignty package strengthen Europe if it fragments the #SingleMarket and discriminates against trusted providers? 🚫☁️ #CADA: "Tripling #DataCentre capacity is the right goal. But Europe must attract investment, not shut it out." ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why does the upcoming #AffordableHousingAct target #ShortTermRentals (STRs)? 🏠 "For every STR listing, the Commission counts roughly 15 other #homes that are vacant, used as holiday homes, or only occasionally occupied." 📊 👉 project-disco.org/european-uni...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How can Europe fight #piracy without breaking the #OpenInternet? 🌍🏴‍☠️ To combat online piracy, such as illegal football streams, governments and rightholders increasingly rely on blunt IP and DNS #blocking measures. Discover the explainer: ccianet.org/library/expl...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trying to squeeze #genAI into the #DigitalMarketsAct would create legal and technical blind spots, distort #competition by subjecting rivals to unequal rules, and lock a fast-moving technology into rigid regulatory categories. 🚨🧩 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
How to get the #DigitalNetworksAct right? 🎯📶 Our eight recommendations show how the DNA can unlock Europe's #telecoms single market, without ☎️ imposing telecom-specific rules on non-telecom actors 🚪 or opening the door to #NetworkFees. ➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Clear, up-to-date #energy information should be available where #consumers actually shop – not buried in paperwork. 🏷️ "The digital #labelling proposal turns #simplification from an abstract policy goal into a practical improvement for consumers." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Why reopen EU #copyright rules that already work? ⚖️ The Commission should preserve #CopyrightDirective's delicate balance between the legal certainty needed for #AI innovation and strong protection for rightsholders. ➡️ Discover our full submission: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two legal backdoors for #NetworkFees are already embedded in the #DigitalNetworksAct text, and proposals in the European Parliament risk opening them even wider, threatening the #OpenInternet. 🚨📜 👉 Read more about the new study and its key findings: ccianet.org/news/2026/07...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
79% of Europe’s #tech startups say regulation limited what they built last year. ⛔ "#Founders are not asking the EU to lower its standards. They are asking for clear, workable rules they can rely on across the #SingleMarket." 🔗 ccianet.org/news/2026/07... #UnlockEUInnovation
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What happens when training #AI models in Europe becomes more complex, costly, and uncertain? 🤖 Restrictive changes to the EU #CopyrightDirective's text-and-data-mining (#TDM) framework could put €600 billion in annual #generativeAI value at risk. 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Can the EU strengthen the DSA #TrustedFlagger system without creating backdoor rules? ⚖️ @EU_Commission guidelines should clarify Article 22 of the #DigitalServicesAct – NOT expand extra-legal or overly prescriptive obligations. 9️⃣ recommendations: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The #DigitalNetworksAct risks treating banks, gaming studios, and car manufacturers as #telecom operators simply because they run #PrivateNetworks. ☎️ ➡️ Read why EU co-legislators must narrow the scope of Article 9: project-disco.org/european-uni...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Securing Europe's #Digital Edge With Ireland 🇮🇪🇪🇺 The #EU2026IE Presidency offers a real opportunity to build a more competitive #digital economy: one that supports #innovation, #regulatory certainty, and #openness. 🌍 Our 12 recommendations: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
♻️ As the @EU_Commission finalises the #CircularEconomyAct, CCIA Europe and a cross-sector coalition call for a clear priority: a single EU-wide digital portal for #ExtendedProducerResponsibility compliance. 🏪 📄 Read the full recommendations: ccianet.org/library/reco...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Press release 📄 Batteries for #Wearables: @EU_Commission Puts Consumer #Safety First, Restricting Replacement to Qualified Professionals. 🔋 "Parliament and Council should preserve this safety-first approach during scrutiny." ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/07... #BatteriesRegulation
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Press release 📄 #DigitalNetworksAct Opens Clear Path to Network Fees, Study Warns, as Parliament Risks Making It Worse 💬 "The DNA creates backdoors that bring back #NetworkFees through technical-sounding provisions most people will never read." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/07...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📷 In pictures: #EuropeanAIroundtable on #Copyright Discussion on how the EU's #TDM framework supports #AI innovation, research & creativity, and what reopening the EU #CopyrightDirective could mean for Europe's competitiveness. Discover: ccianet.org/articles/in-...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Why reopen EU copyright rules that already work? ⚖️ The @EU_Commission should preserve the #CopyrightDirective's delicate balance between strong protection for rightsholders and the legal #TDM certainty needed for #AI innovation. ➡️ Full submission: ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Can the #DigitalMarketsAct open digital ecosystems to competition without compromising users’ security, privacy, and experience? 📱🔐⚖️ Two years into enforcement, the DMA’s security paradox remains. 👉 ccianet.org/articles/the... #DigitalCompetitionDay
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Does the #AffordableHousingAct target #ShortTermRentals because it makes housing more affordable, or because it's the easiest target? 🏗️ "The Commission must tackle vacancy rates of up to 30%, #construction backlogs, and planning paralysis." ➡️ project-disco.org/european-uni...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Press release 📄 79% of Tech #Founders Hit by Regulatory Friction as EU #Simplification Stalls 🚧 New #UnlockEUInnovation research reveals how #RedTape is affecting what #startups build, where they expand, and how fast they grow. 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/07... #DigitalOmnibus
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
⚽ With #WorldCup2026 underway, Spain shows the danger of blunt blocking to fight #piracy. 🚫 "#LaLiga has disrupted access to tens of thousands of legitimate sites, including payment providers and a national health operator." ➡️ project-disco.org/european-uni...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Press release 📄 EU Moves Energy Labels Online to Help Consumers and Cut Waste, Digital Sector Welcomes Reform 🏷️ @LeoVenez: "This is the kind of #simplification Europe needs: less red tape, without weakening #environmental goals." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Extending the #DigitalMarketsAct's fixed, service-based rules to #genAI would distort competition. ⚖️ Companies with significant AI market power but no CPS designation would face no #DMA obligations at all." ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Why Europe's #AffordableHousingAct Won't Make Housing More Affordable 🏡 Do #ShortTermRental restrictions work? 📊 "Lisbon introduced strict rules in 2019, but lifted its moratorium in 2025: #rent growth had accelerated from 5.7% to 9.2%." 👉 project-disco.org/european-uni...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Position paper: Getting the #DigitalNetworksAct Right 🛰️🗼 The proposed DNA risks creating new regulatory burdens for actors that are not #telecom providers – while introducing mechanisms that could lead to #NetworkFees via the backdoor. ☎️ ➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Press release 📄 Applying the #DMA to Generative AI Would Create a Dangerous 'Taxonomy Trap,' New Study by @ProfSchrepel Warns🚨 "#GenAI is general-purpose technology, not a service category that can be neatly fitted into the static DMA framework." 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Explainer: How can Europe fight #piracy without breaking the #OpenInternet? 🌍🏴‍☠️ Blunt #blocking may briefly interrupt illegal streams, but it also disrupts legitimate services and burdens neutral intermediaries such as #CDNs and #VPNs. ⚠️ ➡️ ccianet.org/library/expl...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can Europe lead in #AI if training models under EU #copyright rules becomes more uncertain? 📉 New research warns that restrictive changes to Europe’s text-and-data-mining (#TDM) framework could put €600 billion at risk annually. 👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Is the #DMA the right tool for #cloud? ☁️⚖️ "As @EU_Commission assesses whether to designate cloud providers as #gatekeepers, some warn that applying the #DigitalMarketsAct to B2B realities could create a regulatory misfit." 👉 ccianet.org/articles/is-... #DigitalCompetitionDay
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Press release 📄 #WorldCup Anti-Piracy Measures Must Not Undermine EU #DigitalRights ⚽ "Major sporting events should not be a testing ground for private, automated #censorship. Piracy enforcement must target pirates, not internet infrastructure." ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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CCIA Europe @cciaeurope.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What does the @EU_Commission’s #TechSovereignty package deliver if it fuels market fragmentation and discrimination? 🚫 "The EU should attract investment in #DataCentres, not shut it out," says Mitchell Rutledge on #CADA. ➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/06...
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