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— The disclosure filings show that Reddit hired the Franklin Square Group back in July to lobby on "Internet issues, including net neutrality and liability prot
by eurticket 9y ago
— The disclosure filings show that Reddit hired the Franklin Square Group back in July to lobby on "Internet issues, including net neutrality and liability protections for online platforms."
Who else has lobbied for the liability protections of online platforms? Kim DotCom?
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoGoogle is the chief lobbying party in this space[0]. You can see their recent campaigning against the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), because it makes it possible for state and local governments to sue or criminally charge online platforms for their content, whereas currently only the federal government can. [0] Google Transparency Project[1] claims that Google has funded 34 different groups opposing SESTA. http://www.googletransparencyproject.org/articles/google-funds-dozens-groups-fighting-sex-trafficking-bill http://www.googletransparencyproject.org/articles/google-fun... [1] Google Transparency Project ironically is not transparent about their donors, and has been occasionally questioned as to their motives and backing.