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 [...]
At the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent workshop, The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families, panelists raised important questions about children’s online safety but offered few practical, evidence-based solutions. Instead, they promoted policies, such as the App Store Accountability Act and similar age verification [...]
We are excited to announce that ACT | The App Association has applied to join the European Telecommunications Standards Institute* (ETSI). This marks an important effort in our work to ensure that the digital standards shaping Europe’s future reflect the voices and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By seeking [...]
In April 2025, the World Institute on Disability (WID) released a white paper on accessibility in the app economy space titled Accountability Now: Enforcing Accessibility Standards In the Mobile App Economy. This WID report is remarkable in highlighting how the symbiotic relationship between developers and platforms has bolstered [...]
ACT | The App Association’s members are at the forefront of innovation, leveraging technology to create meaningful solutions that drive positive change. Each week, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses through our Member Monday series. This spring, our Member Monday features highlighted how our global small tech members are [...]