科技新闻-站群和雅虎上季度在游说上花费了136万美元

据美联社报道，站群和雅虎上个季度共花费了136万美元用于游说，雅虎支出了63万美元，站群最高达到了73万美元。

站群花了以下的政治努力游说资金：

让站群在Yahoo网络上投放广告的协议和在线广告的规定

网络中立性规则，可能会阻止ISP偏爱或歧视Internet流量

旨在绘制美国高速互联网访问可用性的立法

旨在保护儿童免受不良在线内容和在线掠食者侵害的措施

联邦拍卖无线频谱和提案，将允许使用“空白空间”

打击间谍软件计算机程序的建议

禁止托管Internet内容的科技新闻美国公司向限制访问Internet的**提供用户个人信息为非法

雅虎的政治游说活动着重于法案，这些法案将：

打击间谍软件和网络钓鱼诈骗。

要求uire registered sex offenders to furnish their e-mail and instant messaging addresses

Require the U.S. attorney general to have a system that allows social networking Web sites to compare their user lists with the National Sex Offender Registry.

Make it illegal for U.S. companies hosting Internet content, such as Web pages or e-mail, to give users’ personal information to governments that restrict Internet access.

Reverse a ruling by the federal Copyright Royalty Board last year that dramatically increased the royalty rates Internet radio stations must pay artists and record labels.

Lobbying is the attempt to influence government bodies, groups and politicians with contributions, donations and other monetary methods. According to OpenSecrets.org, 站群 has contributed almost as much in the first two quarters of 2008 than they did in all of 2007.

Sources : Forbes &雅虎; AP