Zuckerberg Goes 'Forward' With Launch of Advocacy Group

Silicon Valley lines up behind immigration reform

Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg formally launched his advocacy group today. Called FWD.us (think Forward U.S.), the group, as expected, is starting right out of the box with a push for immigration reform.

Along with Zuckerberg, FWD.us has 10 other founders, including Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, and Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox. Zuckerberg's Harvard buddy and roommate and NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green is the group's co-founder and president.

The tech community pretty much lined up right behind Zuckerberg, filling out an impressive list of "contributors" including Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google; Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of Netflix; Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and chairman of Yelp; Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of Instagram; and Marissa Mayer, the CEO, president and director of Yahoo.

The website urges visitors to sign up and register their support for immigration reform and, of course, share on Facebook...

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