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 [...]
Earlier in the month, the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee addressed the spreading epidemic of foreign competition laws and their impact on U.S. technology markets. The hearing underscored how digital regulation models developed abroad are spreading globally and imposing real costs on innovation, security, and small businesses. The hearing, [...]
ACTivists for Change: Members join forces in a letter to the White House, urging balanced, startup-friendly reforms While national conversations about the H-1B program often focus on large companies, our members live a different reality. These teams are lean, product-driven, and often hire for highly specialized roles where [...]
Innovation, Simplification, and Competitiveness As the European Commission’s new Digital Omnibus proposals land in Brussels, promising to ‘simplify’ AI, data, and digital rules, critics warn of a potential rollback. In parallel, work on the 28th regime and the European Innovation Act is framed as a way to reduce red [...]
President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20003 Dear Mr. President: We are the small business founders, innovators, and independent developers building the technologies that power America’s digital economy. Through our collective voice along with ACT | The App Association, [...]