Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee is having a hearing to discuss two bills that would "rein in" app stores and disallow regular protections for consumers. We filed a statement for the record for this hearing, highlighting a few reasons why those bills—the Open App Markets Act (OAMA, H.R. [...]
After months of techlash reporting, this morning’s tech headlines are downright boring. Even TikTok’s travails manifest in drab earth tones today, garnering headlines like, “TikTok Tries to Win Allies in the U.S. With More Transparency.” But make no mistake: cybercriminals, foreign adversaries, and even your own personal online bullies are [...]
Our next installment of fall ’22 ACT | The App Association member company priorities spotlights an issue important to all Americans—continued access to telehealth and digital health coverage. In 2022, more than 81 million Americans are estimated to have accessed care through telehealth and digital health services. Here is what our members [...]
The effort to impose European-style regulation on app stores is seeing a late surge as sponsors are fast-tracking (or hotlining) the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710, OAMA) through the Senate. Under the Senate’s hotline procedure, legislation is circulated by email to every Senate office. If no office objects within [...]
Over the summer, Congress seriously considered some questionable bills that ACT |The App Association members opposed, prompting us to ask our members, “What should Congress be doing instead with the precious few legislative days remaining in 2022?” Just before members of the House and Senate reconvened for the remainder of [...]