[GigaOm] Amazon, eBay privacy lobbying sparks cut-and-paste crowdsourcing drive

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How do you highlight examples of big corporations’ lobbying proposals being copied, word-for-word, into proposed laws? For EU privacy activists, the answer lies in many eyes. […]

On Monday Max Schrems, the self-styled scourge of Facebook who has forced several changes in the way the social network treats people’s data in Europe, published a comparison table that shows how entire passages have been copied, word-for-word, from lobbying documents into proposed amendments to the new regulation. The sources of these texts include Amazon and eBay, as well as the American Chamber of Commerce. […]

Amazon, eBay privacy lobbying sparks cut-and-paste crowdsourcing drive