Amplify at ACT: Chelsea Thomas
ACT | The App Association recognizes the gap in representation in the tech community, and we want to change that. Our Amplify series lifts the voices of those in the tech community who are working to close those gaps in representation. We’re highlighting the problem solvers, elevating those who are driving change in their field, and amplifying the efforts and voices of all people. While a month isn’t nearly enough time to celebrate the achievements of women throughout history, nor [...]
Amplify: Qyana M. Stewart, MS
ACT | The App Association recognizes the gap in representation in the tech community, and we want to change that. Our Amplify series lifts the voices of those in the tech community who are working to close those gaps in representation. We’re highlighting the problem solvers, elevating those who are driving change in their field, and amplifying the efforts and voices of all people. This Amplify segment highlights Qyana M. Stewart, CEO & principal consultant of member company [...]
Antitrust and You Part 1: Nondiscrimination
As the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law (ACAL) renews its antitrust work in the opening months of the 117th Congress, the first hearing out of the gate helps define some of the issues important to ACT | The App Association member companies. The hearing, titled “Reviving Competition, Part 1: Proposals to Address Gatekeeper Power and Lower Barriers to Entry Online,” zeroed in on policy proposals aimed at software platforms in particular. The ideas are especially [...]
What the EU’s Digital Markets Act Could Mean for Small Tech Businesses
Following multiple public consultations, the European Commission released a proposal for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on 16 December 2020 (see our statement here). If enacted, this legislation could significantly impact the way the app economy functions. In this blog, we dive into the DMA proposal and what it means for small businesses. We also recently released our DMA position paper, which we use to share our thoughts on the proposal with EU policymakers. What is the DMA? The DMA is part [...]
Antitrust in the Digital World – What is Next for the Digital Markets Act?
In February and March 2021, ACT | The App Association and Competition Policy International (CPI) are collaborating on a series of webinars discussing how antitrust regulation works in the digital world. During the first event of the series, five experts explored the key issues surrounding the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the effects it might have on the wider platform economy. The panellists were: Alexandre de Streel, co-director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe and professor of [...]
Here Comes the State Privacy Patchwork
Okay, so maybe 2020 fell a little short of its “year of privacy” billing. But hey, so did 2019, as well as 2018 for that matter. Clearly, hope springs eternal for us privacy acolytes – particularly, it seems, as the calendar turns over and we cleanse ourselves of last year’s disappointments. In fairness, stakeholders charted important, if incremental, progress toward comprehensive federal privacy reform throughout these past few years, so it’s not as if all was lost. Yet through the [...]