Our Policy Priorities
Our policy priorities reflect the opportunities and challenges today’s small business app developers and IoT innovators face in the app ecosystem such as access to broadband, workforce development, and economic growth. We also contribute our thought leadership to broader issues affecting our members and consumers like data privacy, digital healthcare, and accessibility.
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Conversations Shaping the Future of Innovation Across Europe
Europe is at a pivotal moment for innovation, and we’ve been on the ground across the continent to make sure small-tech voices are [...]
How the App Store Accountability Act Fails Children, Parents, and Developers
During a recent House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade hearing, Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online, Rep. [...]
A Scroll Down Membership Lane: November 2025’s Member Mondays
ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we spotlight [...]
Budget 2025: What UK Startups Should Take Away
As UK businesses look for signs of hope in a challenging economic climate, the 2025 budget arrived with plenty of drama, including the [...]
Empowering Europe’s Innovators Through the 28th Regime and the European Innovation Act
EU ACTivists for Change: Members join forces to make the Single Market work for startups Across Europe, startups, scaleups and small and medium-sized [...]
Congress’s App Store Bills Could Weaken Privacy Protections and Hurt Small Developers
Small business developers have long warned that certain competition proposals can unintentionally weaken privacy and security protections for users. This Congress, the issue [...]
The UK’s Revised Encryption Backdoor Demand Still Threatens U.S. Privacy and Security
In September 2025, the UK Home Office reportedly served Apple with a technical capability notice (TCN) demanding the company build a backdoor into [...]
2025 Holiday Gift Guide
ACT's 2025 Holiday Gift Guide The holiday season is sneaking up fast. Almost as fast as those Black Friday promo emails piling up in [...]
