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Startup News Digest 12/19/25
Congress revisits FCC’s role in broadband access and innovation
Startup News Digest 08/15/25
As states revisit AI rules, innovation advocates warn of unintended consequences
Engine statement on SCOTUS Decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Engine statement on SCOTUS Decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Startup News Digest 03/15/24
Rule takes effect restricting startups’ ability to hire contract labor
Startup News Digest 2/23/24
Age verification requirements undermine startup competitiveness
Engine submitted an amicus brief to SCOTUS in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Engine submitted an amicus brief to SCOTUS in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Startup News Digest 08/18/23
Congressional Startup Day brings together lawmakers and their startup constituents.
Paying twice? The persistent proposal that could upend the Internet and increase startup costs
Last month, a majority of the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution contemplating a policy framework that could diminish startup competitiveness and endanger the open Internet. The vote is the latest in a long-running effort by telecom companies to force websites and apps to pay them based on the traffic they generate. That model, sometimes called “sender pays,” is gaining popularity with policymakers throughout the world—including in the U.S.—threatening net neutrality principles and the competitiveness of U.S. startups.
State Policy Update: Legislatures around the country are wrapping up. What have they been up to and how will it impact startups?
As summer kicks into gear, state legislatures are closing up shop, but not before introducing and passing legislation impacting startups. In the absence of federal action on many technology policy issues occupying the public imagination, state legislatures have acted to create their own rules, which can vary slightly, significantly—or outright conflict with—each other.
Startup News Digest 05/26/23
The Big Story: EU data ruling further imperils transatlantic data flows. A decision this week by a major EU privacy regulator is adding to uncertainty over companies’—especially startups’—already tenuous ability to store and process user data from EU users in the U.S.
Startup News Digest 05/19/23
The Big Story: Congress digs into recent bank failures. This week, committees in both chambers held hearings to examine recent bank failures, including the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)—a key financial institution in the startup ecosystem. The collapse of SVB in particular devastated many across the innovation ecosystem, sending companies scrambling to withdraw funds and make payroll, uncertain if their full balances would be secured.
Startup News Digest 05/12/23
The Big Story: The difficulties of content moderation and the chance to try it yourself. Critics of the Internet industry, including policymakers, frequently complain about content moderation decisions and propose legislative changes that would make it harder for Internet companies to host, remove, demote, amplify, and curate user content. To help inform those conversations, Engine worked with Copia and Leveraged Play to develop a new video game this week—Moderator Mayhem—with the goal of highlighting the difficulties and the inherent tradeoffs Internet companies, especially startups, face while navigating moderating their users’ content.
Moderator Mayhem: A game to test your content moderation skills
We’ve worked with Copia and Leveraged Play to launch Moderator Mayhem, a video game that has players navigate the inherent tradeoffs around content moderation.