The onslaught of innovative technologies utilizing the vast capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), including the vast amounts of data processed and produced by AI, has sparked a flurry of legislative activity across the nation. With more than 400 state-level proposals aimed at regulating AI deployment and an additional 500 state-level [...]
WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association today released the following statement after Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024. “The App Association’s members have been calling for a federal privacy law for [...]
Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hosted a listening session as part of its ongoing work on child safety online. This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee hosts a hearing on Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis. In both discussions, policymakers were urged to make [...]
The global members of ACT | The App Association are innovative small businesses and enterprises changing the way we live, work, and play through apps and connected technology. Our members are leading the next generation of trailblazers working to solve problems and fill gaps across the app economy—from artificial intelligence [...]
Frustrated advocates are saying that Congress is falling down on the job by declining to enact the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA, S. 1409) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0, S. 1418). One Wired article summarizes the legislative process those bills traversed and cites harms [...]