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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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 [...]
Parents and Kids Need More Resources and Flexibility, Not Games of Liability Hot Potato at the FTC
At the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent workshop, The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families, panelists raised important [...]
Bringing the SME Voice to Digital Standards: ACT | The App Association Joins ETSI
We are excited to announce that ACT | The App Association has officially joined the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This marks an [...]
