Google has invested in lobbying - for at least the past few years. You can read a 2007 Washington Post article about it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-d

Google has invested in lobbying - for at least the past few years. You can read a 2007 Washington Post article about it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061902058.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06... It would have been careless for them to avoid this.