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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Korea Targets Coupang, but Small Sellers Pay the Price
“South Korean regulators have consistently targeted Coupang and subjected the company to hostile regulatory treatment, unfair enforcement practices, and disproportionately large penalties not [...]
A Scroll Down Membership Lane: May 2026’s Member Mondays
ACT’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we showcase these trailblazing small businesses [...]
Welcome Letter to the Irish EU Council Presidency from the Association for Competitive Technology
ACT calls on Dublin to take the lead in realising the promise of a Single Market that fully supports start-ups and scale-ups. [...]
AI for Main Street: Trust, Skills, and Governance Will Shape Adoption
“A tool never started a business; a person did.” That observation, made by Theresa Bedeau, vice chair of the board of the Association [...]
Startups at Risk as Commission’s DMA Mission Creeps
Last week, the European Commission (Commission) gave shape to inchoate fears of Digital Markets Act (DMA) “mission creep,” as it issued a preliminary [...]
Coalition Urges California Lawmakers to Reject AB 1776
WASHINGTON, DC – In a joint letter led by the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a coalition of organizations is urging the California [...]
The UK’s AI Opportunity Depends on Certainty
The United Kingdom is at an important moment in AI policymaking. During ACT’s Global App Economy Conference: UK in April, one question kept [...]
