[governance] Facebook spent $4 million to lobby U.S. lawmakers in 2012

[michael gurstein]

Yes, but still shocking and disturbing to many outside of the US and
particularly since the US is so frequently held up as a model of democratic
governance.

M

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Subject: Re: [governance] Facebook spent $4 million to lobby U.S. lawmakers
in 2012

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> $4 million for a company of it's size, with legislation that would 
> directly effect its business always around doesn't seem that much 
> <https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2012&indexType=s>
>
> Not saying it's good, just that it doesn't seem large in the scheme of 
> things.

right, not large at all:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/business-lobbying-2012-fiscal-cliff
_n_2539236.html



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McTim
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