New Media Policy Group» Lobbyists http://www.newmediapolicy.org Emerging Policy for Emerging Technologies Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Facebook Hires EU & US Lobbyists http://www.newmediapolicy.org/2009/07/facebook-hires-lobbyist/ http://www.newmediapolicy.org/2009/07/facebook-hires-lobbyist/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:11:31 +0000 Kevin Spidel http://www.newmediapolicy.org/?p=10 Privacy appears to be #1 concern for Facebook when it comes to Policy. They are one of the first proactive social networking sites to dedicate resources to meet their concerns. Will Twitter be next?

Facebook has hired an ex-Liberal Democrat MP to lobby the European Union on the company’s behalf.

Facebook also announced a similar role in Washington for Timothy Sparapani, a former lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

“This sets off alarms with cultures concerned about privacy, as well as governmental agencies and task forces,” he added. “Expect privacy, and ownership over user data to be one of the top debated topics in the next few coming years.”

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