Facebook, Google, Amazon, EBay Form Internet Lobbying Group

Earlier this week, we learned that Facebook really likes Washington, D.C. Now Facebook is teaming up with fellow online giants Google, Amazon, and eBay to form The Internet Association, which claims that it will lobby to "advance public policy solutions that strengthen and protect an open, innovative, and free Internet."

Earlier this week, we learned that Facebook really likes Washington, D.C. Now Facebook is teaming up with fellow online giants Google, Amazon, and eBay to form The Internet Association, which claims that it will lobby to “advance public policy solutions that strengthen and protect an open, innovative, and free Internet.”

The group announced its formation Wednesday, tapping Capitol Hill veteran Michael Beckerman as its president and CEO. Beckerman most recently was deputy staff director at the U.S.

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