Lobbying Is Corruption(carette.xyz)
336 points by LucidLynx | 157 comments
A personal blog post arguing that lobbying in the US amounts to corruption, responding to a George Hotz piece explaining lobbying to non-Americans.
#lobbying on Hacker News
8 stories tagged lobbying, newest first.
Lobbying(geohot.github.io)
134 points by smilelamp | 40 comments
A satirical blog post by George Hotz explaining American lobbying and campaign contributions as thinly disguised bribery.
The UK's war on anonymity has come to America(effort.news)
592 points by slowin | 635 comments
An Effort investigation reporting that UK NGOs behind Britain's digital ID and anti-anonymity laws are lobbying US state legislatures to adopt similar rules.
Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech(gadgetreview.com)
754 points by doener | 376 comments
Gadget Review article on a Reddit researcher's findings that Meta funds a $2B lobbying push for app-store age verification laws targeting Apple and Google.
Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act(github.com)
1168 points by shaicoleman | 483 comments
A GitHub repository compiling findings on Meta Platforms' lobbying, dark money funding, and the App Store Accountability Act, though the capture showed a Reddit network block page.
TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)(propublica.org)
718 points by lelandfe | 379 comments
ProPublica investigation into how Intuit used lobbying, the revolving door, and dark patterns to block free government tax filing for 20 years.
Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill(techdirt.com)
525 points by Lariscus | 132 comments
Techdirt article reporting Oregon became the seventh state to pass a right-to-repair law, including a parts-pairing ban that Apple lobbied against.
Tax prep companies: $90M lobbying against free tax-filing(opensecrets.org)
324 points by everybodyknows | 168 comments
OpenSecrets article on tax prep companies that spent over $90 million lobbying against a free government tax-filing system and now face scrutiny from lawmakers.