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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Industry Workshop: A Fair Standard-Essential Patent Licensing Process for a Thriving Indian Economy
This May, to address the rapid development of India’s standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing landscape, ACT | The App Association hosted a timely event [...]
Event Recap: Standing-Room-Only Hill Briefing Makes the Case for Smarter AI Competition Policy
On June 12, 2025, ACT | The App Association held a standing-room-only Hill briefing, Getting AI Policy Right: A Roadmap for Innovation, Investment, [...]
The Pressing Need to Address Harmful Platform Regulation in Trade Negotiations
Small business innovators are key to the success of the U.S. digital economy. As trade negotiations between the United States and a range [...]
ACTivating the App Economy Across the U.S.
From the Vegas Strip to Capitol Hill, ACT | The App Association has spent the past several weeks doing what we do best: [...]
Developed: EU – An Open Letter to Policymakers
Europe’s Tech SMEs discuss what they need to thrive Dear Members of the European Union Parliament and European Union [...]
State of Confusion: How a Patchwork of AI Laws Hurts Small Businesses and U.S. Competitiveness
As Congress advances the reconciliation package, a proposal to enact a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws has emerged as a key consideration. [...]
The EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy: A New Chapter for European Innovation?
On 28 May 2025, the European Commission released its new Startup and Scaleup Strategy, aiming to make the EU a more attractive destination [...]
Meta Takes its Texas Rodeo Global
Meta’s push for Texas’s new age-verification law—requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors—appears, at first, to be [...]
