As policymakers consider new online safety proposals, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently convened a workshop to examine the evolving landscape of age verification, estimation, and assurance tools, legislative proposals centered around their use, and the interplay between emerging age authentication frameworks and existing regulations, such as [...]
In October 2025, the Colorado Department of Law finalized amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act rules, adopting new provisions to strengthen children’s privacy and safety. As part of the rulemaking process, ACT | The App Association submitted feedback explaining how the proposed rules would affect small businesses and recommending [...]
During a recent House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade hearing, Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online, proponents of the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA, H.R. 3149) described it as an effective, privacy-protective solution to protect children online. The thinking behind the proposal is [...]
In September 2025, the UK Home Office reportedly served Apple with a technical capability notice (TCN) demanding the company build a backdoor into its cloud storage service for UK users. This order follows an earlier reported attempt to compel Apple to weaken its encrypted Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature. [...]
updated October 30, 2025 Earlier this year, Congress considered including a temporary moratorium on state artificial intelligence (AI) laws in the federal reconciliation package, but the provision was ultimately dropped. The question of federal AI lawmaking, however, remains an active and important issue. In the absence of a clear federal framework, states [...]