An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 12, 2024
- April 11, 2024
- April 10, 2024
- April 9, 2024
- April 8, 2024
April 25, 2016 08:08 pm GMT
More about Internet, Government, White House, Obama, and Google
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/4YP-VeibMb0/
Google's unusually close relationship with the White House raises lots of questions
When President Obama announced his support earlier in April for a Federal Communications Commission plan to open the market for cable set-top boxes — a big win for consumers, but also for Google — the cable and telecommunications giants who used to have a near-stranglehold on tech policy were furious. AT&T Chief Lobbyist Jim Cicconi lashed out at what he called White House intervention on behalf of “the Google proposal.”
He’s hardly the first to suggest that the Obama administration has become too close to the Silicon Valley juggernaut.
Over the past seven years, Google has created a remarkable partnership with the Obama White House, providing expertise, services, advice, and personnel for vital government projects. Read more...
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/4YP-VeibMb0/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable