On 28 May 2025, the European Commission released its new Startup and Scaleup Strategy, aiming to make the EU a more attractive destination to launch and grow tech-driven businesses. At ACT | The App Association, we welcome the strategy as a meaningful step forward. More than a political ambition, [...]
Today, The App Association released its latest white paper and research examining how policymakers can help preserve America’s global leadership in artificial intelligence innovation. Antitrust at a Crossroads: Protecting Innovation in the AI Era provides a landscape analysis of the global AI ecosystem and a detailed overview of practical applications [...]
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 about child safety. In reality, it’s a strategic move to shift legal risk. While marketed as a way to ease compliance for smaller developers, the law [...]
