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Google Goes To Washington

  • NY Times, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:15 AM
Google has officially joined the ranks of Washington's lobbying herd, that powerful "underground" force of influencers who curry favor with politicians on behalf of the large corporations who send them there. Google's new army of advisers is charged with helping to fight fires on the thorny issues of copyright law, access to the Web, and privacy, including the recent battle with the Justice Department over proprietary search data. More recently, the push to preserve "unfettered" Internet access by banning network providers from creating a multi-tiered network system that would reward those publishers willing to pay for more bandwidth, has taken center stage. Google, in establishing its lobbying team--and others--are bracing themselves for a big-time struggle with network providers like Verizon and AT&T on the so-called net neutrality issue. However, Google, Yahoo and other Net-minded companies are very new to the lobbying game, unlike the more seasoned telco giants.

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