Debate over the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA, S. 2992/H.R. 3816) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA, S. 2710/H.R. 7030), two antitrust bills pending in Congress, is heating up. We oppose the bills in part because of the effect they’d have on consumer trust in the app [...]
As Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) continues to seek supporters for her so-called platform antitrust bills, including by offering largely symbolic “revisions” (we remain unconvinced), some unlikely (though not entirely unexpected) allies are emerging from the woodwork. Though Senator Klobuchar often claims that the purpose of the bills is to knock [...]
It is not lost on U.S. lawmakers that competition legislation intended to rein in “Big Tech” would have far-reaching effects on the economy. What they perhaps did not bargain for is the impact such legislation would have on consumer privacy and security—even national security. ACT | The App Association and [...]
As lawmakers continue to consider measures that would restrict the ability of app platforms to manage their ecosystems, ACT | The App Association remains concerned that such limitations would massively reduce marketplace trust. For many small app developers within our membership, this threat is existential - without possessing a well-known [...]
Two weeks ago, we saw the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hold a contentious vote on S. 2992, a bill that would prohibit certain privacy and security practices where software platforms restrict access to sensitive data and software and device features. Ahead of the vote, the sponsors of the bill circulated [...]