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eco on 5G: A Good Day for Digital Germany

On the start of the 5G spectrum auction today, eco Board Member for Infrastructure & Networks Klaus Landefeld comments: “It is in principle a positive signal Germany as an industry location, and and a good day for Digital Germany, that the starting gun has been fired for future-oriented digital infrastructure and innovation.”

date 2019/03/19

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European Elections 2019 - Digital Single Market Must Become Integral to the European Single Market

It’s just around the corner: In May 2019, the European elections will be taking place. If the EU wants to achieve its ambitious goals for digitalization, then the strict and resolute implementation of a modern network policy will be even more important in the coming legislative term. Digitalization can become a success model for Europe, but only if the EU recognizes its potential and develops it into a locational and competitive advantage.

date 2019/02/21

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eco Association: Digital Technology Funding in Europe Must Be Strengthened

Negotiations are currently underway on the size of the budget for the EU's “Horizon Europe” research framework programme. The many announcements and assurances at European level on strengthening digital performance and sovereignty now need to be followed up with concrete funding policy initiatives; only by doing so can Europe be made internationally fit for the future as a digital location.

date 2019/02/19

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Last Chance for a Fair European Copyright Squandered

Introducing a European copyright law that ignores the entire potential of the digital economy and impedes the digitalization of society and the development of new innovative business models throughout Europe – simply to protect traditional industries and outdated business models – is in no way appropriate to the realization of the European digital single market.

date 2019/02/13

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Transatlantic Dialogue: USA und EU Need Synchronized Data Protection

With protectionist sentiments threatening a digital trade war between the EU and US, the Transatlantic Dialogue roundtable series has brought together important government and industry representatives today in Brussels to productively discuss common interests and the existing EU-US Privacy Shield framework.

date 2019/02/07

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eco Criticizes Planned German-French Compromise Inclusive of Upload Filter

A proposal by the Romanian Council Presidency is currently circulating which sets forth the result of the agreement between France and Germany on the sticking points of the Copyright Directive. The proposal reveals a weakened German position in the negotiations on a European ancillary copyright law, including that of an upload filter. The smallest, small and medium-sized companies will essentially be those who take the hit – as will the Internet itself.

date 2019/02/07

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eco Association Introduces First Members of the New Presidency Committee

On the occasion of its New Year's reception in Cologne, eco – Association of the Internet introduced the first three members of its recently established Presidency Committee. The role of this committee is to promote interdisciplinary exchange on current digitalization questions. In the coming Presidium meetings, the Association plans to identify the first joint projects requiring the cooperation of all societal stakeholders in the field of digitalization.

date 2019/01/17

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eco on the Brexit vote: "Use the time to create legal certainty for the digital industry"

Today's decision by the British Parliament has once again delayed Britain's withdrawal agreement with the EU. The eco Association also sees an opportunity here – namely, that legislators on both sides of the English Channel have gained more time to come up with relevant deals in the areas of data flow, business processes, and the regulation of contracts. Regulation of these areas is of central importance to the digital industry’s ability to continue to work effectively.

date 2019/01/16

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Data Theft: eco Association Warns Against Legislative Rush Jobs

In the course of the most recent data scandal, the German Federal Minister for Justice Katarina Barley has called for stricter rules for the operators of Internet platforms. eco Association Chair Oliver Süme comments.

date 2019/01/08

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eco Association: Encryption Against Data Theft

Encryption is an effective means to prevent this kind of attack and data theft. Therefore, the German federal government should more strongly support and drive forward the development and dissemination of user-friendly encryption technologies.

date 2019/01/04

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eco: “EU Digital Tax Would Discriminate Against Digital Industry and Harm the European Single Market”

"The plans of the EU Commission for a digital tax explicitly discriminate against the digital industry. We need a coherent tax system that applies the same fair and comprehensible rules to all market participants."

date 2018/12/04

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Artificial Intelligence “Made in Germany” Needs High-Performance Digital Infrastructures

The main topic of the Digital Summit taking place in Nuremberg on 3 and 4 December is  that of artificial intelligence. AI is a decisive future technology and represents a crucial market for Germany as a digital location. In order to conquer this important technology field, the Alliance to Strengthen Digital Infrastructures in Germany argues that an integrated AI strategy is needed, with high-performance digital infrastructures being a crucial pillar of such a strategy.

date 2018/12/04

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“Together Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Internet”

For the “European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse”, the German Internet complaints offices inform about the spread of images of sexualized violence in the Internet, & about the cooperation of hotlines at national and international levels.

date 2018/11/18

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eco Managing Director Calls for more Strategic Foresight for Digital Policy in the 21st Century

There is still a lack of a holistic understanding of the decisive factors and interrelationships of the digitization ecosystem in the papers on artificial intelligence and a digital implementation strategy currently being discussed within the framework of the German federal government's digital hearing.

date 2018/11/14

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eco: German Federal Government Needs Holistic Thinking on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a decisive future-oriented technology and an important market for Germany as a digital location. In the view of the eco Association, in order to occupy this important technological field and turn AI into a core competency of German industry, a holistic AI strategy is needed which not only depends on targeted research and development but also high-performance digital infrastructures, and supports the societal acceptance of AI technologies.

date 2018/11/14

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