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Google Goes to Washington

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the red-white-and-click-through dept.

DIY News writes "Google has hired a lobbyist in Washington D.C. to influence the nation's laws governing the Internet, telecommunications and copyrights. Google sees a presence in Washington as a necessity as government becomes more involved in the Net's development. Among its efforts, the government has worked to shield private U.S. companies from demands by the United Nations and other countries for multilateral control of the Net."

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  1. coming soon! by isecore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google.gov coming to a website near you!

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  2. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google googles google. Google is not just a search engine. Google features many excellent services such as Google Mail, Google Froogol, Google Maps, Google Woogle, Google Choogle and Google McNoogle. Google is implementing a new alternative to Paypal. Google is building their own internet to replace the existing one. Google is releasing a new office suite. Google is releasing their own brand of Linux. Googley woogley woo!

  3. I'm confused...... by ZiakII · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this week is google good or evil.... I can never keep up.....

    1. Re:I'm confused...... by FhnuZoag · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but not evil compared to what?

      We need an unified evilness index, with weekly rankings. Then we can convert between evils: e.g.

      1 Microsoft = 10000 Googles
      1 Dubya = 1.5 Microsoft

      etc

  4. Quick Question by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does he get to lobby for whatever he wants one day a week?

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