Advocating for a free and open internet, and balanced tech policy in Europe. 🇪🇺 #UnlockEUinnovation
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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/app…
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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. ⚠️
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Jun 15
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/rew…
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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-the-… #DigitalCompetitionDay
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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."
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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.
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How can the EU boost digital #competitiveness in the next 6 months? 🇮🇪🇪🇺
As Ireland takes over the EU Presidency on 1 July, CCIA Europe sets out 1️⃣2️⃣ priorities to support #innovation, advance #simplification, and keep Europe open.
👉 ccianet.org/library/ccia-eur… #EU2026IE
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What happens when anti-#piracy enforcement targets internet infrastructure, not bad actors? 🏴☠️
"Spain’s piracy approach perfectly illustrates the dangers of blunt infrastructure-level #blocking and no judicial oversight."
👉 project-disco.org/european-u… #LaLiga #LaLigaGate
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Press release 📄 Discriminatory EU Cloud and AI Development Act Risks Severe Market Fragmentation
⚠️ "#CADA is a recipe for fragmented #discrimination across Europe – in public procurement and potentially private critical entities."
➡️ ccianet.org/news/2026/06/dis… #TechSovereignty
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Press release 📄 Rewriting EU AI and Copyright Rules Puts €600 Billion at Risk, New Study Warns 🚨
As @EU_Commission considers reopening #CopyrightDirective, restrictive changes to #TDM rules threaten >1/3 of EU’s €1.65tn #GenAI opportunity.
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/06/rew…
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"Does current #DMA enforcement limit the ability of tech companies to protect users from #spam, #scams, and other deceptive content?" asks @MTStecher.
🚨 "Paradoxically, the Commission is now investigating anti-spam measures as potential violations."
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While the goal of combating online piracy is universally supported, Spain’s approach perfectly illustrates the dangers of blunt infrastructure-level blocking and privatised enforcement without judicial oversight.
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"EU tech rules aren't built for #startups – but for old-school corporates," underlines the CEO of Cino in our latest #UnlockEUInnovation story.
🤔 Elena wants to grow in Europe, but she faces an impossible choice: stay and risk stagnation, or leave to scale.
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"Will Europe's #TechSovereignty push mean more control, or just fewer choices?" 🇪🇺☁️
Ahead of @EU_Commission's Cloud and AI Development Act, Mitchell Rutledge warns against discriminatory #sovereignty rules that exclude non-EU #cloud and #AI.
👉 project-disco.org/european-u…
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The @EU_Commission is rushing to set Minimum Performance Standards for #DataCentres. 💻⚡
The problem? The rating scheme meant to measure them has not even been finalised yet...
📄Joint statement: ccianet.org/library/joint-in…
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❌ Do not rush standards.
Launching MPS before completing at least one full #EED reporting cycle risks setting arbitrary thresholds.
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📉 Fix the methodology. A compressed timeline and narrow sample pool cannot capture the complexity of Europe’s #DataCentre ecosystem.
⏳ Policymakers need operational data from the real market before creating rigid compliance caps.
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