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eco on European Industrial Strategy: “Europe Mustn’t Allow Itself to be Overtaken by China and Silicon Valley”

Today, the EU Commission is presenting its concepts for both an industrial and an SME strategy. The eco Association believes that an EU-wide strategy is urgently needed in the context of international competition, in order to maintain and strengthen the European economy in the long term.

date 2020/03/10

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Environmental Digital Agenda: Digital Industry as Part of the Solution for Achieving Climate Targets

Today, the German Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze presented Germany’s Environmental Digital Agenda. On this topic, Dr. Béla Waldhauser – Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, which was founded two years ago under the umbrella of eco – had the following to say: “Digitalization and digital enterprises form part of the solution to achieving climate goals.”

date 2020/03/02

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eco Association on European AI and Data Strategies: AI & Data Policy As Two Sides of the Same Coin

The EU Commission has scheduled two groundbreaking digital policy papers to be launched on 19th February: the AI White Paper and the Data Strategy. In the opinion of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, this combination makes good sense: “A clear AI policy and a clear data policy are two sides of the same coin,” says eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme.

date 2020/02/17

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eco Comments on EUCJ Proceedings on Blanket Data Retention: “All resuscitation attempts will fail”

Blanket data retention is disproportionate and incompatible with EU law. The Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the Advocate General is upholding the judgment of the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) against general and indiscriminate blanket data retention.

date 2020/01/15

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eco Review 2019: We Must Harness the Enormous Potential of the Digital Revolution

In order for successful digital transformation and adaptation of important key technologies such as AI to take place, the Internet industry needs political backing. In 2019, the eco Association actively participated in numerous digital policy debates at German national and European level on topics such as AI, 5G, copyright law, blanket data retention, and the importance of digital infrastructures.

date 2020/01/06

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New Ethics Compendium: eco Association Calls for Discursive Approach to Questions of Digital Ethics

New Ethics Compendium as Internet industry contribution to the debate on digital ethics .

date 2019/12/16

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eco on Planned Reform of the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG): “Social networks confronted anew with great legal uncertainty”

eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme assesses the current plans for an obligation to notify for the operators of social networks critically, seeing them as being insufficiently thought through.

date 2019/12/06

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eco on the Inauguration of the New EU Commission: “As a Digital Location, Europe Needs a Visionary Agenda”

Following on from Ursula von der Leyen's election by the European Parliament as the future President of the European Commission in July 2019, the new EU Commission will now also start its work on 1 December. The European Commission now has the key task of shaping a rigorous digital policy for the digital future of us all.

date 2019/12/02

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eco and ISOC to Work Together for a Secure and Globally Connected Internet

eco & the Internet Society sign Memorandum of Understanding at the IGF 2019.

date 2019/11/25

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IGF 2019: eco Calls for a Dialogue on the Opportunities of the Internet for SMEs

Germany is hosting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) for the very first time this year, which will take place from 25 to 29 November 2019 in the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin. The eco Association will be on location, participating in high-level panel sessions and with a booth at the IGF Village.

date 2019/11/01

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GAIA-X: eco Supports the Design of a Sovereign European Data Infrastructure

Digital sovereignty in the form of high-performance and secure digital infrastructures is a key success factor and decisive for the future viability of Germany as a business location. This is the opinion of the overwhelming majority (80 percent) of decision-makers in German companies, according to the results of a current representative survey commissioned by eco.

date 2019/10/29

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“Regulatory fantasies will put the brakes on digitalization”

eco Comments Final Report of German Data Ethics Commission

date 2019/10/23

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eco on Blockchain Strategy: “German Federal Government Paves Way for Legally-Secure Foundational Technology of the Future”

eco regards the German federal government's blockchain strategy, adopted today by the federal cabinet, as an important step for the foundational technology of the future. With its white paper "Blockchain for SMEs", eco presents a guideline for small and medium-sized enterprises wishing to implement blockchain projects in their own operations.

date 2019/09/18

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German Federal Government Publishes Take-Down Success for Online CSAM in 2018: Complaint Offices Are Indispensable

The German Federal Government published an evaluation report on the deletion of online CSAM content for the year 2018 in September. In 2018, a total of 5,951 reports of child sexual abuse material were statistically recorded by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), 82 percent of which were hosted abroad.

date 2019/09/16

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eco: European Court of Justice Issues a Rebuff to German Ancillary Copyright

With today's decision, the EUCJ has declared German ancillary copyright law for press publishers to be inapplicable. The Court thus drew a line under the years of debate and numerous court proceedings. From the very outset, eco criticized German ancillary copyright, stating that, “Introducing ancillary copyright in Germany was a misguided political decision.”

date 2019/09/12

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