118th Congress Means New Landscape for Devs
On the heels of the 2022 midterm elections, it’s time to take stock of what the political landscape will look like over the next two years. Devs, like a lot…
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EU’s digital rules are starting to become a reality and Meta is forced to sell Giphy by an UK antitrust order
The October 2022 EU & UK Policy Update The DSA and the DMA have been entered into the EU’s rulebook The two landmark regulations, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and…
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EU Proposals To Vastly Increase Developer Legal Liability Risks
The September 2022 EU & UK Policy Update New EU regime exposes developers to consumer lawsuits The European Commission has proposed updated rules for product liability, including standalone software and…
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Confused Priorities: Everyone Wants a US Privacy Bill – Antitrust Not So Much
Ignoring 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
The June/July 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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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
Global regulators are in a race, and developers may very well be the losers.
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Policymakers are getting into UX/UI design.
Lawmakers across the world are more and more interested in regulating software development.
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The EU Presses its Tech Agenda in America and Opens the Door to Mass Surveillance
The May 2022 EU & UK Policy Update.
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ACCESS Act’s Misguided Approach Would Harm Developers and Consumers
S. 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
Developers 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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Coming to Texas & EU: Anarchy vs. 1984
Texas 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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