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Ars Technica reports on Google's continued involvement with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the notorious corporate lobbying group.
Common Cause and more than 50 other advocacy groups this week called on Google to end its affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group that has pushed state laws limiting the rights of cities and towns to create community-owned broadband networks. ALEC also opposes network neutrality rules that Google used to be a staunch supporter of and last month urged the FCC to quickly approve Comcast’s purchase of Time Warner Cable without imposing any regulatory conditions on the merger.
[...] When contacted by Ars, a Google spokesperson replied, “we aren't going to be commenting on this letter.”
It's worth noting that even Microsoft has withdrawn its support of the group. Has hell frozen over?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by gallondr00nk on Saturday September 06 2014, @08:14AM
Google are as entrenched now as any Comcast or Microsoft or Monsanto. They don't need to worry about public opinion, as people will use their services regardless.
'Don't be evil' was a gimmick at a time when Microsoft were at the height of their cackling moustache twirling malevolence. It was never meant to be an ethic.