Google, Amazon, Facebook And More Confirmed As Members Of The Internet

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Pitching itself as the first trade alliance to represent the concerns of the online economy, the [url="http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/internet-association-to-lobby-washington/"]Internet Association[/url] lobbying group has just confirmed its member companies and policy platform. As suspected Amazon, Facebook, eBay, and Google are joined by other large tech firms, under the leadership of Capitol Hill advisor Michael Beckerman, to form the umbrella public policy organization. Citing its three main areas of focus as protecting internet freedom, fostering innovation and economic growth, and empowering users, the Internet Association will represent regulatory and political interests of its member companies, and their employees. There is no word on what the first freedom or innovation to benefit from the associations collaborative-clout will be

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