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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Congress Punts On Competition…For Now
Read more: Congress Punts On Competition…For NowThe July 2022 US Policy Update. Path for Competition Bill Remains Foggy Congress has departed for its August recess without taking up the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S….
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Confused Priorities: Everyone Wants a US Privacy Bill – Antitrust Not So Much
Read more: Confused Priorities: Everyone Wants a US Privacy Bill – Antitrust Not So MuchIgnoring the fact that the U.S. is wrestling with global issues including war, famine, plague and rebellion, it’s hard to put the smartphone market at the top of the domestic agenda (ahead of inflation, reproductive health or gun violence.)
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EU’s Regulatory Grip Becomes Tighter, While the UK Continues Down its Own Path
Read more: EU’s Regulatory Grip Becomes Tighter, While the UK Continues Down its Own PathThe June/July 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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Developers Under Attack: Bills in Congress Would Turn the App Ecosystem Upside Down
Read more: Developers Under Attack: Bills in Congress Would Turn the App Ecosystem Upside DownThe June 2022 Developers Alliance US Policy Update.
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A race to the finish line: Where does key legislation stand in Congress?
Read more: A race to the finish line: Where does key legislation stand in Congress?It is time to take stock of the legislation we have been tracking in Congress. In an era of unprecedented techlash, most of the legislation on our radar would harm developers and the products they are creating.
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The Competition to Regulate Competition
Read more: The Competition to Regulate CompetitionGlobal regulators are in a race, and developers may very well be the losers.
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The Competition to Regulate Competition
Read more: The Competition to Regulate CompetitionGlobal regulators are in a race, and developers may very well be the losers. This is a post about monopolies and big tech. Unfortunately, that also makes it a post…
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Developers Alliance Releases Statement on Outcome of GIPHY / META Merger Appeal
Read more: Developers Alliance Releases Statement on Outcome of GIPHY / META Merger AppealUK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) holds that the UK competition regulator needs to consider international impacts in its merger decisions.
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Policymakers are getting into UX/UI design.
Read more: Policymakers are getting into UX/UI design.Lawmakers across the world are more and more interested in regulating software development.
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Developers Speaking-out as Congress Threatens the Tech Ecosystem
Read more: Developers Speaking-out as Congress Threatens the Tech EcosystemThe May 2022 Developers Alliance US Policy Update.
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