Ahead of Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee entitled, “Big Fixes for Big Tech,” ACT | The App Association wrote a letter to Chair Lee and Ranking Member Klobuchar and released the following statement:  “Given the witness list of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on ‘Big Fixes for Big Tech,’ it is shaping up to be an airing of grievances on April Fool’s Day rather than shining a light on the real costs of sweeping antitrust remedies in dynamic digital markets.” [...]

  WASHINGTON – ACT | The App Association today released the following statement from president Morgan Reed after Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI-11), and Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) announced plans to reintroduce the Expanding Partnerships for Innovation and Competitiveness (EPIC) Act in the 119th Congress. “As small businesses in the app economy, ACT | The App Association’s members have a comparative advantage in agility over their larger counterparts. They are leading the way [...]

  Today, ACT | The App Association released the following statement on the recently introduced California Assembly Bill 1043 – The Digital Age Assurance Act:  “To effectively protect our children online, policy options must work in the real world, not just in theory. Proposals such as AB 1043, that put the liability for potential harms to children that result from the use of social media on app stores and small business app developers, would not be effective in protecting the [...]