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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. Re:And in other news... by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess this is as good a place to put this as anywhere:

    Has anybody heard of Google Blogsearch? I'd never heard of it before, and I sort of stumbled onto it this morning. I guess with everybody having a blog these days, I should be glad somebody is trying to sort through the mess. I'd just never heard of this product before.

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