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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What Does US Senate Bill S.2992 Mean for Software Developers and the App Economy?
Read more: What Does US Senate Bill S.2992 Mean for Software Developers and the App Economy?S.2992 is being promoted as protecting users and small businesses from giant corporations, but in the Senate’s rush to dismember big tech they’ve traded away the livelihoods of millions of US developers, and millions more that export to the US.
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The DMA And DSA Make Major Movements Toward Becoming Law, While Competition, Artificial Intelligence, And Privacy See Regulatory Attention
Read more: The DMA And DSA Make Major Movements Toward Becoming Law, While Competition, Artificial Intelligence, And Privacy See Regulatory AttentionThe December 2021 EU & UK Policy Update.
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Developers Alliance Issues Comments On Critical DSA And DMA Position Adoption Votes
Read more: Developers Alliance Issues Comments On Critical DSA And DMA Position Adoption VotesThe European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee adopted its position on the Digital Services Act while the plenary set the EU Parliament’s final position on the Digital Markets Act.
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Developers Alliance Joins With Chamber Of Progress, CCIA, and SIIA to Send Letter Thanking Biden For Strong DMA Position
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins With Chamber Of Progress, CCIA, and SIIA to Send Letter Thanking Biden For Strong DMA PositionThe organizations thank the President’s administration for standing firm in the face of discriminatory foreign regulation.
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Section 230 and Health Privacy Regulations Inch Forward But Infrastructure Passing Provides Good News For Developers
Read more: Section 230 and Health Privacy Regulations Inch Forward But Infrastructure Passing Provides Good News For DevelopersThe Developers Alliance November 2021 US Policy Update.
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Europe’s Digital Rulebook-In-The-Making Progresses While Competition And Data Protection Authorities Continue Their Efforts To Rein In Tech
Read more: Europe’s Digital Rulebook-In-The-Making Progresses While Competition And Data Protection Authorities Continue Their Efforts To Rein In TechThe EU & UK November Policy Update
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Dear Software Developers, EU Policymakers Are Planning To Dismantle The App Economy. Are You Prepared?
Read more: Dear Software Developers, EU Policymakers Are Planning To Dismantle The App Economy. Are You Prepared?The EU is about to adopt a regulation called the Digital Markets Act (DMA). For many of you, this isn’t news. The news is that what’s coming will completely scramble the app market; how you build apps, how you get them to market, and whether you can make a living doing it.
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Developers Alliance Has Joined Industry Allies In Sending Letters Concerning DSA & DMA Developments
Read more: Developers Alliance Has Joined Industry Allies In Sending Letters Concerning DSA & DMA DevelopmentsThe letters were sent this week from industry coalitions, and highlight the unintended effects the DSA and the DMA could have on European developers and businesses.
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Korea. Why Won’t You Return My Calls?
Read more: Korea. Why Won’t You Return My Calls?I sent a dozen letters in both English and Korean. No one cared to acknowledge any of them.
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Competition & Privacy Dominate The Fall US Agenda With Big Tech In Their Crosshairs
Read more: Competition & Privacy Dominate The Fall US Agenda With Big Tech In Their CrosshairsThe Fall 2021 US Developer Policy Update.
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