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[ NNSquad ] Report is critical of Silicon Valley lobbying (I disagree)
Report is critical of Silicon Valley lobbying (I disagree) "Report: Silicon Valley spending big bucks on lobbyists" http://j.mp/1b7DNpd (Daily Caller) "The Washington-based Mercatus Center released a report on Monday exposing a sharp increase in the amount of money computer and internet companies spend wooing politicians and regulators." The actual report: http://j.mp/14NEWgS (Mercatus / PDF) - - - This report is overall highly critical of Silicon Valley spending on lobbying (not surprising considering its right wing source and title). I find that I'm quoted more extensively in the actual report (via a blog posting) as a counter example, justifying the need for such lobbying to promote Internet freedoms and avoid being crushed by our adversaries on these issues who have long played the Washington game including lobbying. I happily stand by that quoted statement. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad