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Technology's Progressive Future. Making sure everyone benefits from technology. Not just another business group.

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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 17/09/2026
Canada is a national leader in AI, infrastructure, and the automotive industry. Self-driving cars are already on the streets in the U.K. and U.S. but haven’t yet made it to Canada. It's a multibillion-dollar opportunity, if Canada takes the right steps.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 16/09/2026
Right now, thousands of small businesses are using AI to lower legal costs, cut compliance costs, and jumpstart their marketing. We should give more people access to AI resources, teach practical AI skills, and give people opportunities to develop AI solutions to real-world problems.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 16/09/2026
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled two new efforts to protect children online and crack down on manipulative designs in digital services today. A leaked draft of the EU Kids Act would extend age-restriction duties well beyond the platforms, like social media.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/09/2026
The Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act today, leaving the U.S. without clear rules for digital assets after years of bipartisan negotiations. The bill would have strengthened consumer protections, cracked down on bad actors, and given businesses clearer rules.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/09/2026
Senate Democrats spent more than a year pushing for changes to the Clarity Act. The bill is better because of it. Now we’re urging them to vote yes on cloture and keep the process moving.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 08/09/2026
D.C. doesn’t need to wait for another bill to move forward with driverless AV testing. We joined The Innovation Majority in urging Mayor Bowser to direct DDOT to begin issuing permits for rider-only AV testing under authority it already has.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 08/09/2026
The United Kingdom announced legislation today to require phone makers to build new device-level protections preventing children from accessing or sharing nudity.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 01/09/2026
California lawmakers declined to advance AB 2564 before the end of the legislative session, stopping a sweeping personalized pricing bill that threatened coupons, loyalty rewards, and other discounts that help Californians save money.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 26/08/2026
States are regulating AI because Congress has failed to act. But if Washington wants states to step back, we need a real federal plan with strong national protections, risk-based rules, verifiable compliance, and clear pathways for responsible innovation.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 26/08/2026
States are regulating AI because Congress hasn't. But AI models operate nationally, and state approaches are increasingly diverging. Our new Federal AI Standard Playbook lays out what Congress needs to build before it preempts.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 25/08/2026
We urged @asmchrisward.bsky.social to further amend AB 2564. The latest changes still risk taking personalized discounts off the table for California shoppers.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 21/08/2026
Sweeping social media bans are proving much more complicated in practice. Across Europe, policymakers are considering new age-based restrictions on social media. Yet early attempts are running into difficult questions.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 13/08/2026
California lawmakers declined today to advance AB 412, avoiding a costly new AI copyright compliance and litigation regime that could have imposed billions in costs on taxpayers while making it harder for startups to compete.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 04/08/2026
We released a new analysis today finding that California’s AI Copyright Transparency Act (AB 412) could impose billions of dollars in compliance costs on the state, AI developers, and research institutions, while disproportionately burdening smaller companies and startups.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 31/07/2026
The Munich Regional Court ruled today that AI music company Suno infringed copyright by reproducing protected musical works and barred the company from using certain copyrighted songs to train its AI without authorization. The decision is subject to appeal.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 23/07/2026
Gov. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social signed the Fair Price Protection Act today, restricting how businesses use customer data to offer discounts, including personalized coupons & targeted loyalty rewards. Recent state polling found that 70% of New Jerseyans oppose banning these personalized discounts.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 23/07/2026
The European Commission fined Google €890 million today for violating the Digital Markets Act rules on steering and self-preferencing. Despite numerous product changes and ongoing regulatory discussions, the Commission has not given a clear signal on how Google can come into full compliance.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 16/07/2026
The European Commission today finalised decisions under the Digital Markets Act requiring Google to transmit users’ search data without consent, and to provide third-parties unfettered access to app data, messages, location signals, pictures, and microphone use.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 16/07/2026
Americans are paying too much for the basics. Our new Affordability Fix-It List offers Congress 17 practical ideas to expand supply and lower the costs families face every day.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/07/2026
The outgoing UK government announced new measures that introduce new defaults for social media for 16- and 17-year-olds, including curfews from midnight to 6:00 am, curbs on autoplay and on personalised content recommendations.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/07/2026
We released a new analysis today finding that the rising number of homeless Massachusetts students is placing growing pressure on school transportation budgets.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 13/07/2026
The EU will propose a social media access ban for children under 13, the latest in a series of policies that treat youth access to social media as a problem to be solved through bans rather than safer online spaces.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 07/07/2026
The European Union released its plan for managing frontier AI models today. The strategy aims to ensure trustworthy advanced AI cyber models are available in the EU while supporting the Union to build its own cyber models.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 01/07/2026
Which skills become more valuable in an AI-economy? We pulled together ideas and policy proposals that actually help workers navigate the AI transition.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 01/07/2026
The New Jersey Legislature just passed the Fair Price Protection Act, sending the bill to Governor Mikie Sherrill. The bill would restrict how businesses use customer data to offer discounts, including personalized coupons and targeted loyalty rewards.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 18/06/2026
Our new report finds that automated ridehailing services could add €17.7 billion to EU GDP and support more than 473,000 jobs. The EU could also avoid 595 million kg of emissions annually. It’s time for Europe to embrace AVs.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 18/06/2026
Last night at 10:25 p.m., the Canadian government abruptly voted to shut down debate on Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 17/06/2026
A new report finds that automated ridehailing services could add €17.7 billion to EU GDP and support more than 473,000 jobs by 2050. But that’s just the beginning…
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/06/2026
Canada just introduced federal privacy legislation which would create a new fundamental right to privacy, change how data can be collected and used, and form a data protection regulator, among other measures.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 11/06/2026
The UK plans to ban those under 16 from accessing certain social media platforms, disappearing messages, and livestreaming, according to recent reports.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 11/06/2026
Senator Grassley and Senator Klobuchar reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) today, a bill that would hand sweeping new enforcement authority to the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 10/06/2026
Canada introduced the Safe Social Media Act today, which would create a new digital safety regulator and establish new responsibilities for social media and AI chatbot platforms.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 03/06/2026
The European Commission released its Tech Sovereignty Package, including proposals for a Cloud and AI Development Act and Chips Act 2.0.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 03/06/2026
The Government of Canada directed the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today to review recent decisions that tripled streaming services’ Canadian content spending obligations from 5% to 15%.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 02/06/2026
Thank you @colorado.gov for vetoing HB 26-1210, which would have restricted the use of personal data to set prices and offer customer discounts, including personalized coupons and tailored loyalty rewards.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 29/05/2026
Earlier this month Chamber of Progress' VP for Europe @kayjebelli.bsky.social spoke on the opening panel of the EU-Startups Summit about the challenges and opportunities related to the European Commission's proposal for a 28th corporate law regime, EU Inc.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 28/05/2026
Democrats’ Techlash Trap: Our new report out today examines how the Biden Administration moved away from Democrats’ legacy as a party of innovation, and how the administration’s adversarial posture toward tech created policy and political costs.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 21/05/2026
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced today that it will require streaming platforms to invest 15% of their online revenues on Canadian and Indigenous content.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/05/2026
The European Commission recently proposed measures to require Google to provide equal and free-of-charge access to previously embedded hardware and software features of Android.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 07/05/2026
European policymakers today agreed on an AI Omnibus, which would extend compliance deadlines, simplify rules for SMEs, and simplify overlapping requirements. But existing uncertainty, particularly around AI training, remains a hurdle for AI companies in Europe.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 05/05/2026
The European Commission’s proposal for sharing Google’s search data would give third-parties access to user search history without consent and with very little oversight. Unless significantly revised, this would threaten millions of users’ privacy.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 28/04/2026
The European Commission published its first review of the Digital Markets Act today. The report is supportive, but their evidence does not show a clear rise in consumer demand or uptake for new options.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 24/04/2026
Recent coverage of “surveillance pricing” has sparked worries that companies using personal data to charge more at checkout. In reality, data-driven pricing is used to offer discounts and compete for your business.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 24/04/2026
Today we're announcing More Ways to Save, a new campaign to protect the coupons, loyalty rewards, and targeted deals that families rely on – and to set the record straight on what modern pricing actually means for consumers.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 22/04/2026
Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Parents Over Platforms Act (POPA) today, a kids online safety bill that supports privacy and creates a straightforward system for app stores to notify developers if a user is a minor or an adult.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 31/03/2026
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an SMS investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem today. The UK's flexible approach enables swift oversight of digital markets, leading to behavioural changes that immediately benefit UK consumers.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 20/03/2026
The White House released its National Policy Framework for AI today, which outlined legislative recommendations to Congress.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 18/03/2026
The European Commission announced its proposal for a 28th company law regime (“EU Inc”) today that will give startup founders the option of a single legal entity that can operate seamlessly across the 27 European Member States.
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 16/03/2026
NEW: We released a new report today outlining the troubling connections between Live Nation's monopoly power and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA).
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Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 12/03/2026
Canada's Public Safety Minister released minor revisions to the government’s controversial lawful access measures today. Last year’s bill was shelved after drawing heavy pushback from privacy groups and the public. (1/4)
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