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Major Tech Companies Partner to Fight Government Regulations

07/27/2012

"Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are just four of the tech giants said to be in a major lobbying group formed to protect the interests of the technology industry, according to a report by The Washington Post."

Mines current legislation and opposition concerning internet regulation, the opponents naming their lobbying platform-"The Internet Association."
Notes that the coalition will include more big players and their names will be released later--those who stand in opposition to government legislation of the internet.
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Source is Mashable.
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Is the government doing enough to protect us online?

07/26/2012

"Las Vegas (CNN) -- More than 400 million people trust Google with their e-mail, and 50 million store files in the cloud using the Dropbox service. People manage their bank accounts, pay bills, trade stocks and generally transfer or store huge volumes of personal data online. Who is ultimately in charge of making sure all this information is secure: the government, the companies or the users?"

Mines the role that government should play in monitoring security for companies and users, focusing on whether individual companies should be responsible for their own site security.
Notes that current legislation via Homeland Security is controversial because opponents fear giving too much power to the government, and most favor an individual approach to security.
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Source Is CNN.