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Engine Statement regarding Small Business Investment Act of 2025
Engine Statement regarding Small Business Investment Act of 2025
Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order
Washington – As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law plans a hearing Wednesday on the law that enables online services to host user-generated content, diverse organizations from academics to industry to public interest groups sent a letter to Subcommittee leaders. The letter acknowledges that Section 230 is the legal framework that enables anyone to create spaces online where user communities can gather and share content, to the benefit of Internet users and online expression.
Engine Statement regarding Senate Tax Vote
Engine Statement on Senate Vote on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
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
42 startups and support organizations sign letter supporting strong digital trade policy
A coalition of 42 U.S. startups, investors, and startup support organizations across 18 states sent a letter urging U.S. trade policymakers to support the growth and competitiveness of the startup ecosystem through smart digital trade policy. The letter calls on policymakers to support policies enabling cross-border data flows, making permanent the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions, and providing resources to help startups compete abroad.
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
38 Groups From Public Interest To Industry Sign Letter Supporting Section 230 Ahead of Hearing
Washington – As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law plans a hearing Wednesday on the law that enables online services to host user-generated content, diverse organizations from academics to industry to public interest groups sent a letter to Subcommittee leaders. The letter acknowledges that Section 230 is the legal framework that enables anyone to create spaces online where user communities can gather and share content, to the benefit of Internet users and online expression.
Statement on Engine filing Section 230 briefs with Supreme Court
"Section 230 has led to so much of the creativity and innovation on the Internet today. While it's easy to focus on how the law impacts large companies, every startup that hosts user content and every creator and digital entrepreneur that uses the Internet to share content and build an audience needs Section 230. Their perspectives should be front and center for policymakers and the court as it considers this case."
Startups & the U.S. Patent System: Prioritizing Quality and Balance to Promote Innovation
Startups & the U.S. Patent System: Prioritizing Quality and Balance to Promote Innovation
NUTS & BOLTS of ENCRYPTION
Despite how often we use encryption—and how prominent the encryption debate has become in policy circles—few understand how it actually works.
NUTS & BOLTS of USER PRIVACY
Whether it’s the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or the looming California Consumer Privacy Act, policymakers across the world are grappling with what steps they can take to better safeguard consumers’ online data while promoting competition and innovation.