Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am...
by duxup on Friday March 08, 2019 @11:30AM
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That's my point. I don't feel like we've seen tech companies really lobby on a level where there is any impact on the national level.
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am...
by fcarraldo on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:29PM
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FAANG are outlobbying most other industries, they're just doing it to influence issues that aren't currently gathering much scrutiny or media attention.
> Google said it lobbied on dozens of issues, reflecting how integral its services have become to American lives and commerce. The filing cited privacy, data security, antitrust, taxes, tariffs, trade, the opioid crisis, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomous vehicles, immigration, the future of work, encryption and national security.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-22/google-se...