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Be careful what you wish for, Google is now one of the biggest spenders in Washington [1], $18.2 million on lobbying in 2012. Needless to say, big business in t
by tippytop 13y ago
Be careful what you wish for, Google is now one of the biggest spenders in Washington [1], $18.2 million on lobbying in 2012. Needless to say, big business in the tech sector will have plenty of say in the future (if that was ever a worry), but, as always, civil liberties will continually need to be fought for.
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/4/4394234/google-eight-biggest-record-lobbying-washington http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/4/4394234/google-eight-bigges...
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoAnd what does Google lobby for? Amongst other things, getting the EU to relax it's privacy protections. Yeah, those are really the guys I want on my side when it comes to fighting for civil liberties...
- yuhong 13y agoI wonder what would happen if EU privacy protections was relaxed such that Google's infamously controversial new privacy policies was allowed.