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Web Giants Form US Internet Lobby Group

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-our-powers-combine dept.

judgecorp writes "Google, Facebook, eBay and Amazon have apparently set up the Internet Association to lobby the US government on issues relating to online business. From the article: 'The Internet Association, which will open its doors in September, will act as a unified voice for major Internet companies, said President Michael Beckerman, a former adviser to the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee.'"

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  1. Re:Got to be In it to win it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Democracy is about proportional representation, something the USA doesn't know about with its First Past the Post system.

  2. Re:Got to be In it to win it... by mjr167 · · Score: 3, Informative

    A lot of problems could be solved if we just took the D and R off the balots. Just think if you had to know the name of the guy you were voting for!