Digital Markets, Competition & Antitrust
Working to protect the rights of companies and individuals who invest and innovate in the digital world.
Shaping Policy That Promotes Competition
It’s imperative policymakers understand digital competition is unlike the hard-goods market. The ideas of finite distribution and product scarcity are almost entirely irrelevant. Instead, we promote smart policy that examines consumer benefits when measuring how well the market is functioning. If competitive and antitrust regulation is too stringent, we risk crippling innovation that pushes society forward.
The Latest on Digital Markets
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The Much Rumored EU Data & AI Digital Strategies Have Arrived, As Well As Taxes, And Brexit Confusion.
Read more: The Much Rumored EU Data & AI Digital Strategies Have Arrived, As Well As Taxes, And Brexit Confusion.This is the February 2020 Developers Alliance EU Policy Update.
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Election Superlatives: Most Likeable? Class Clown? Not Exactly. (UPDATED)
Read more: Election Superlatives: Most Likeable? Class Clown? Not Exactly. (UPDATED)The 2020 US Presidential Election is in full swing. We break down each candidate’s stances on developer-centric issues. It’s almost spring, however, so it’s time to give the presidential class of 2020 its superlatives.
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Facial Recognition, COPPA, and Deepfakes. Also, Impeachment
Read more: Facial Recognition, COPPA, and Deepfakes. Also, ImpeachmentIt’s the January 2020 Developers Alliance US Policy Update. Privacy and misinformation concerns continue, plus the elephant finds its way into the room.
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Hate Speech & AI To Fall Under EU’s Watchful Eye
Read more: Hate Speech & AI To Fall Under EU’s Watchful EyeBrexit the gift that never gave in the first place, keeps going
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Future’s So Bright, Gotta’ Wear Welder’s Goggles
Read more: Future’s So Bright, Gotta’ Wear Welder’s Goggles2020 will be very different in Brussels and DC. But whether it’s the US election or the first year of the new EU Government (Parliament Commission, President Of the Council, etc.), tech will be front and center in every major policy discussion.
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<A.Giant.Company> Owns Your APIs. Wake Up, Or Kiss Your Code Goodbye.
Read more: <A.Giant.Company> Owns Your APIs. Wake Up, Or Kiss Your Code Goodbye.This. Shit. Really. Matters.The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on who controls the Java APIs – and every other API you’ve ever used. If it goes the wrong way, a handful of big companies will control whether your code ever works again.
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2019 In Hindsight: We Laughed, We Cried, He Tweeted
Read more: 2019 In Hindsight: We Laughed, We Cried, He TweetedThe turning point was when democracy realized politics had metastasized online. No one agrees on facts, the truth doesn’t matter, ghosts in the machine, and weaponization of the internet.
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Children’s Privacy, Encryption Debate Returns, and Oracle v. Google heads to SCOTUS
Read more: Children’s Privacy, Encryption Debate Returns, and Oracle v. Google heads to SCOTUSThe November-December 2019 Developers Alliance U.S. Policy Update.
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Curbing Terroristic Content, Green Initiatives, and Privacy Issues End 2019
Read more: Curbing Terroristic Content, Green Initiatives, and Privacy Issues End 2019The EU also issues its response to the latest Brexit developments. The Developers Alliance Nov-Dec 2019 EU Policy Update.
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You Spoke, We Listened, Child Privacy Comments Filed
Read more: You Spoke, We Listened, Child Privacy Comments FiledWe reached out to developers and asked for opinions on the rule so that we could structure our comments accordingly.
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