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 EU Presses its Tech Agenda in America and Opens the Door to Mass Surveillance
Read more: The EU Presses its Tech Agenda in America and Opens the Door to Mass SurveillanceThe May 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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ACCESS Act’s Misguided Approach Would Harm Developers and Consumers
Read more: ACCESS Act’s Misguided Approach Would Harm Developers and ConsumersS. 4309, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (“ACCESS”) Act – Ostensibly, this legislation should make it easier for consumers to transfer their data among competitors. In reality the bill creates a number of questions, some of which should be cause for concern for the developer community and consumers.
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Concerns regarding DSA
Read more: Concerns regarding DSADevelopers Alliance has joined other associations in Brussels representing a wide range of sectors impacted by the Digital Services Act (DSA) in expressing concerns about the reappearance of a ‘stay-down’ provision in the latest compromise text.
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Developers Alliance Submits Comments to NTIA on Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem
Read more: Developers Alliance Submits Comments to NTIA on Competition in the Mobile App EcosystemThe Developers Alliance submission was based on multiple research studies examining the developer community and consumer’s expectations of search functionalities on mobile devices.
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Coming to Texas & EU: Anarchy vs. 1984
Read more: Coming to Texas & EU: Anarchy vs. 1984Texas hopes to kill censorship on social media by making moderation illegal. The EU plans to hunt pedophiles by forcing devs to monitor their user’s traffic. So many wrongs. So, so many wrongs.
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EU Regulates Content and Court Defends Upload Filtering
Read more: EU Regulates Content and Court Defends Upload FilteringThe April 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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As Negotiations Enter the Last Mile, the Original Goals of the DSA Shouldn’t be Forgotten.
Read more: As Negotiations Enter the Last Mile, the Original Goals of the DSA Shouldn’t be Forgotten.Digital Services Act (DSA) – EU lawmakers should provide a workable framework.
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Bad and Good: Digital Regulation Becomes Real
Read more: Bad and Good: Digital Regulation Becomes RealThe March 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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Developers Alliance Submits Response To The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry
Read more: Developers Alliance Submits Response To The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Digital Platform Services InquiryThe Developers Alliance submission was based on multiple research studies examining the developer community and consumer’s expectations of search functionalities on mobile devices.
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Developers Alliance Submits Comments To UK CMA Market Study Into Mobile Ecosystems
Read more: Developers Alliance Submits Comments To UK CMA Market Study Into Mobile EcosystemsThe developer advocate cautions against the unintended, negative international effect of the analysis’s extraterritorial reach.
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