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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. Ick by SomePgmr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Put simply, there are too few "voices of conscience" in that list for my comfort.

  2. Re:Call me a cynic but.... by justforgetme · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Good: The greater web gets a voice in the US lobby
    The Bad: The voice belongs to people who make fortunes about exploiting web participant's data...

    Really this can be a win situation or a lose situation. No one will know until they actually bring something up.
    Still it is very soon to be just running around yelling "Hurray"

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  3. The people's lobby by Ginger+Unicorn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If laws are bought by the lobbiest with the most cash, why not start kickstarter campaigns for various sensible laws and see if we can outbid the corporations. Some laws are bought with surprisingly desultory amounts of cash. Not that's it's a particularly important law, but as an example i bet if you started a kickstarter to lobby for the legalisation of cannabis, you'd get millions. And for the abolition of the TSA.

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