Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) finalized its proposed judgment in its case against Google, arguing for an unprecedented breakup of the company’s products and services that would hurt consumers and the small businesses that use them every day to compete and reach new customers. “The DoJ’s proposed remedies are actually an attempt to legislate based on flawed forecasts of the future in a manner that disregards the consequences small businesses in the app economy would bear,” said Morgan [...]

“Any proposed federal legislation that imposes this one-size-fits-all approach to mandate app store-level age verification would create confusing and even contradictory requirements on parents, developers, and the stores themselves. ” said the App Association’s President, Morgan Reed, “App store-level age verification shifts responsibility away from social media platforms and other websites and does not reflect the lived reality of American families with children who often share and use multiple mobile devices, tablets, and computers that would then not be protected [...]

  “We are encouraged by the incoming Trump-Vance Administration’s support for small business pro-growth policies, including agency reform and an approach to regulation that promotes and protects innovation.  It is critical that the government does not get in the way of opportunity and has leaders that recognize the impact that small and medium-sized technology companies have on the U.S. economy and the jobs they support. With these shared priorities in mind, our members will continue to rely on us to [...]