This April, ACT | The App Association spent 10 days in India meeting with policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders to make the case for a fair, pro-innovation national stance on standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing. For small tech companies and independent app developers, SEP policy can feel distant, but it has [...]
In May 2025, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representative John James (R-MI) introduced the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA), a bill that would require app stores to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for users under 18. Meta has bankrolled a wildly expensive lobbying campaign to enact [...]
Recently confirmed member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Mark Meador made waves with the publication of the philosophy behind his approach to antitrust in “Antitrust Policy for the Conservative.” After succinctly summarizing historical conceptions of antitrust policy such as the small government Chicago School and the big government Neo-Brandeisian [...]
This summer, ACT | The App Association is bringing back our Developed Tour and heading across Europe! Developed: EU will be a six-week series of events focused on empowering tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), building community, and connecting local innovation with global digital policy. From Rome to Brussels, [...]
For more than two decades, ACT | The App Association has been bringing our U.S.-based members together in Washington, D.C., for our Global App Economy Conference (GAEC), formerly known as AppCon. This annual event positions the real-world experiences of small and medium-sized tech companies at the center of the [...]
