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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California Returns Fire: The International Privacy Fight for World Domination
Read more: California Returns Fire: The International Privacy Fight for World DominationThis time it’s California, not the eastern bloc, making trouble for the Internet. Europe wrote the GDPR to apply outside its borders. Now California will require the EU to add “do-not-sell-my-data” buttons to sites and services.
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Developers Alliance Submits Comments On Advertising Report To UK Competition and Markets Authority
Read more: Developers Alliance Submits Comments On Advertising Report To UK Competition and Markets AuthorityThe Developers Alliance response to the market study on online platforms and digital advertising details the critical role advertising revenue plays in supporting small businesses and innovative applications.
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July & August (In Review) 2019 EU Policy Update
Read more: July & August (In Review) 2019 EU Policy UpdateWelcome to our first EU Policy Update! Bureaucrats and politicians have as much power over your business as you do. We’ve distilled everything you need to know about what they’re up to in the text below – worth a few minutes to avoid getting sideswiped!
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Apps? No Kids Allowed. Seriously.
Read more: Apps? No Kids Allowed. Seriously.DC is looking to expand the rules that protect kids online, which sounds good. Problem is, they’re targeting any app that can’t guarantee a kid-free audience, which is not good at all.
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Event Recap: Assessing Asia’s Digital Future
Read more: Event Recap: Assessing Asia’s Digital FutureThe panel focused primarily on 5G, data localization, and how emerging technologies pose national security threats.
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Congressional Caucus on Smart Cities: Smart Campuses 101: Introduction to the Future
Read more: Congressional Caucus on Smart Cities: Smart Campuses 101: Introduction to the FutureOn Tuesday July 23rd the Congressional Caucus on Smart Cities, lead by Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D, NY-9) and Rep. Darrell Issa (currently R, CA), hosted a panel on Smart Campuses.
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Hippo-Birdie-Two-Ewes, GDPR!
Read more: Hippo-Birdie-Two-Ewes, GDPR!It’s been a year since the landmark EU data protection rules went live. We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. It’s become a part of us.
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50,000 Privacy Wonks (and Margaret Atwood)
Read more: 50,000 Privacy Wonks (and Margaret Atwood)The Alliance attended the 2019 International Association of Privacy Professionals Summit in DC. The verdict? Privacy is now part of the business mainstream and change is coming to your business.
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Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress
Read more: Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress89% of developers agree that Java would not be as commonly used today if it had not been free for re-use from the start.
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Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.
Read more: Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.I’ve written before about policy makers and their growing obsession with reigning in the big tech companies. I understand where this impulse comes from. The tech sector is too important to ignore, but it is also too valuable to break.
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