On 4 October, ACT | The App Association continued its App Makers Tour of Europe in Italy. Our webinar on the impact of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) brought together app developers, policymakers, and academics. The panellists discussed the realities of the Italian digital ecosystem and the particular implications of [...]
Congress is once again focusing on how social media companies are possibly manipulating consumers thanks to a new cadre of serious documented consequences. So, it is especially frustrating that the most vocal policymakers seem to be coalescing around a solution to these problems that actually helps the business models that [...]
Prior to taking office on January 20, President Joseph Biden outlined a strategy and vision for economic growth in the United States centered around a manufacturing future that is “Made in All of America.” In response to this strategy, ACT | The App Association along with Computer & Communications Industry [...]
Recently, Graham Dufault, senior director of public policy, shared perspectives from ACT | The App Association and its members in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing before the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) oversight. The Subcommittee held this hearing to discuss [...]
Over the last several years, regulators, Congress, and most recently state legislatures, have been taking a hard look at “big tech” companies, the relationship they have with small businesses, like our members, and have raised concerns about competition in the digital market. We also have concerns. Real-life concerns that transcend [...]