While much of the Internet was “blacked out” Wednesday to voice opposition to a pair of bills which opponents say would amount to online censorship, activists promise the day of protest is “just the beginning” in the fight to defeat the controversial legislation. Websites from Wikipedia to Google and others have joined in the protest, in which they have functionally or symbolically “gone dark” to raise awareness of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and its Senate companion, the...
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Under Federal Investigation, Google Plays Washington Influence Game
For anyone standing on the street with Occupy Wall Street who may think that Google’s funny name and disarming homepage doodles set it apart from the world of corporate influence, the folks at Consumer Watchdog have a message: Don’t you believe it. If anything, the Internet search giant actually is ramping up its efforts to influence Washington policymakers in the face of a federal investigation, the nonprofit advocacy group says. Consumer Watchdog says that Google reported it spent $5.9 million on government lobbying during...
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