With only a handful of legislative days left on the calendar, sponsors of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and Open App Markets Act (OAMA) desperately seek a way around or through growing opposition to their bills. Even as Sen. John Cornyn, the chamber’s minority whip, said last [...]
What is the DSA? The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a new law in the European Union (EU) that aims to create a safer online environment by defining clear responsibilities for all online intermediaries and platforms. In short, the DSA will hold search engines, social media networks, and marketplaces accountable [...]
Recently, ACT | The App Association’s Amplify Diverse Talent Working Group hosted Tech Desert: Addressing the Needs of Underserved Communities Through Technology, a webinar highlighting companies that are bringing technologies to underserved communities, the unique obstacles they’ve faced, and the roles legislators and industry leaders can play in empowering tech [...]
Adriana Holst is one of several summer interns joining us at ACT | The App Association to build, grow, and develop further opportunities as they relate to her computer science and musical theatre studies at Ohio University. As Adriana enters her senior year, and as a new graduating class of [...]
As Congress continues their antitrust legislation efforts by consulting CEOs of some of the largest corporations in the world, America’s small businesses are being left out of the conversation and left in the lurch. We have had concerns from day one about these bills and the unintended consequences our small [...]