ACT | The App Association Letter to USTR and Commerce Urging Action on Korea’s Digital Platform Regulation
The Honorable Jamieson Greer U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th Street Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20508 The Honorable Howard Lutnick Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20230 Dear Ambassador Greer and Secretary Lutnick, ACT | The App Association (ACT) commends the Trump Administration for its continued work on removing trade barriers that impede American businesses’ access to global markets and distort fair competition. A strong, predictable, and rules-based [...]
Always Be Filing: ACT Filing Activity February 2026
Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive or negative impact on our small business members driving the app economy. Below is a roundup of our filings from around the globe this past month. Title: Comments of ACT | The [...]
What Europe’s Regulatory Experiment and Its Impacts Should Mean for Brazil
I recently had the opportunity to present the Association for Competitive Technology’s (ACT’s) research on the hidden costs of AI regulation at a discussion hosted by Lawgorithm to an audience focused on the future of AI governance in Brazil. Drawing from our report The Hidden Cost of AI Regulations: A Survey of EU, UK, and U.S. Companies, I talked about what happens when well-intentioned rules outpace the innovation they’re meant to govern, and why Brazil’s policymakers should be paying [...]
ACT | The App Association Slams Advancement of Risky App Store Accountability Act; Urges Focus on Secure “Parents Over Platforms” Alternative
As H.R. 3149 Moves Out of Committee, Small Business App Developers Warn of Unprecedented Privacy Risks and Mandated Data Collection on Children Washington, DC — Today, the House Energy & Commerce committee voted to advance Meta’s App Store Accountability Act (ASAA, H.R. 3149), a move that ACT | The App Association (ACT) warns will compromise the digital safety of American families and place unworkable burdens on small technology companies. ACT recently launched a six-figure advertising campaign, urging Congress to [...]
ACT | The App Association Comments on Android Update Announcement from Google
WASHINGTON – Google’s recent announcement on changes to third-party payment and app stores available on Android and the resolution of the dispute between Google and Epic Games is a positive development for the ecosystem: “We are glad to see that Google and Epic have found a way to resolve their issues without continued litigation, and there are elements of the deal that should protect truly small developers going forward” said Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association. [...]