{"id":34760,"date":"2022-01-20T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=34760"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:25:56","slug":"american-innovation-and-choice-online-and-open-markets-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/20\/american-innovation-and-choice-online-and-open-markets-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"“American Innovation and Choice Online” and “Open Markets” Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Makena Kelly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission launched a joint effort to modernize antitrust enforcement, seeking comment on how the agencies can apply current law in cases against tech companies like Meta (parent company of Facebook) and Google.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s announcement follows new plans in the Senate to push through a pair of bills targeting tech giants like Apple, Meta, and Google. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote<\/a> on the American Innovation and Choice Online and the Open App Markets Acts on Thursday — bills that would outlaw dominant platforms from abusing their market dominance, allow third-party app stores, and protect software sideloading.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

U.S. bills that would require major changes to the App Store would ultimately cause consumers to be targeted with malware, ransomware, and scams, Apple’s Senior Director of Government Affairs Timothy Powderly said in a letter that was sent today to the Senate Judiciary Committee and that was obtained by MacRumors.<\/p>

Apple sent the letter as the Judiciary Committee prepares to consider the American Innovation and Choice Online Act<\/a> and the Open Markets Act, which were first introduced in June 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Timothy Powderly:<\/p>\n

In addition to making privacy and security protections nearly impossible to defend, the bills would actually allow predators and scammers to side-step Apple’s privacy and security protections completely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

See also: David Heinemeier Hansson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which means it will now move on to the Senate floor for a vote, reports The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Illinois is the latest state to attempt to pass legislation that would prevent developers from being required to use Apple’s in-app purchase options by allowing for alternate payment solutions within apps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n