Earlier this week, President Biden wrote an op-ed calling for regulation of the tech industry—starting with strong privacy protections for consumers. On the one hand, the President’s focus on privacy is welcome, because unexpected uses of data are among the most common and insidious ways that bad actors violate consumer [...]
The effort to impose European-style regulation on app stores is seeing a late surge as sponsors are fast-tracking (or hotlining) the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710, OAMA) through the Senate. Under the Senate’s hotline procedure, legislation is circulated by email to every Senate office. If no office objects within [...]
Over the past five years, a lot has changed, but one thing that’s remained constant since we last wrote about it in 2017 is that there’s really no such thing as a “tech industry.” The exact contours or label of a given industry may sound trivial. But the assumption that [...]
ACT | The App Association has historically advocated for our members on privacy and competition legislation at the federal level, but over the last year, a growing number of states have thrown their hat in the privacy and competition ring, with various statehouses introducing their own bills. These bills could [...]
As the clock winds down on both chambers heading into August, antitrust advocates are throwing late-round haymakers to blacken Beltway eyes, obscuring a clearer picture of the antitrust bills’ (S. 2992’s and S. 2710’s) harmful results. The bills’ backers have achieved some success, as some of this beat’s most respected [...]