Facebook Hires New Help To Shape Privacy Policies

Facebook has some new hired help to handle lobbying on issues related to privacy.

Facebook has some new hired help — lobbying help, that is — to handle specific legislation and policy issues related to privacy.

While Facebook has its own inhouse team of lobbyists in Washington, D.C. that works with federal agencies, the White House and Capitol Hill, the social network also works with third-party lobbyists, and just hired Steptoe & Johnson to that end.

Two other lobbying companies have just parted ways with Facebook, citing conflicts of interest with other clients, according to Politico.

Meanwhile, here’s a look at a few of the bills that Facebook’s outside lobbyists have addressed during the 112th Congress.

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