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Implications for startups of House online safety package
This week, a key House committee will consider a trove of online safety proposals, marking movement on one of the many intractable tech policy issues Congress perennially debates but rarely advances to the president’s desk. The proposed legislation comes with potential for a big impact on how startups design customer experiences, deliver their services, and interact with their users—regardless of those users’ ages.
Startup News Digest 02/06/26
30 years of Section 230 supporting user expression online, despite continued scrutiny
Engine releases 2026 Startup Agenda
Today, Engine published the 2026 Startup Policy Agenda, highlighting the policy issues coming up this year that will impact startups.
Engine releases 2025 Startup Agenda
Engine released the 2025 Startup Policy Agenda showcasing how smart, thoughtful policy facilitates and encourages startup activity, leading to more innovation and more economic and job growth. The Agenda gives those working on policy an overview of the issues that are currently impacting—and the debates that stand to impact—startups.
Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2025
Engine released the 2025 Startup Policy Playbook to give members of the startup ecosystem—founders, employees, investors, and support organizations—an overview of the policy conversations happening this year and how they can get involved in amplifying the startup voice. There’s lots to do, and lots to do better, and this playbook highlights why shaping innovation-friendly policies matters to startups.
Startup News Digest 08/16/24
Congressional Startup Day underscores importance of startups in policymaking
Engine releases additional resources on startups and age verification
To help policymakers better understand what these issues mean for startups and their users, we’re releasing an updated version of the report, one-pager, and video explainers of the impacts of age verification and the policy proposals that prompt it.
Engine releases report on how determining user age impacts startups
How determining user age impacts startups
Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2023
Startup founders are busy people. They’re running businesses, managing small teams, raising funds, and doing the actual work of building new and innovative things. It’s no wonder they’re not also constantly tracking and engaging in policymaking in D.C.
Engine releases 2023 Startup Agenda
Engine's Startup Policy Agenda for 2023 highlights the voices of those startup companies, investors, and support organizations as they discuss in their own words the obstacles they face and the ways policies have helped and hurt them. We hope it serves as a high-level overview of the issues we hear about from startups every day and a jumping off point for policymakers looking to support the technology industry's small businesses.
Engine Releases 2022 Startup Agenda
Heading into 2022, several technology policy debates are already underway in Washington, D.C. As always, Engine aims to be a resource in those conversations, surfacing the startup perspective and highlighting the voices of startup founders who are running small businesses, creating jobs, and building new and innovative products and services. This agenda is a high-level overview of the issues we hear about from startups every day and a jumping off point for policymakers looking to support the technology industry's small businesses.