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November 11, 2014
Tell Ebay to Stop Supporting ALEC
By Public Citizen
ALEC's agenda is so extreme that many tech companies -- including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo! -- are withdrawing their membership. But eBay, the popular online auction service, is still a member of ALEC.
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Do you know about the shadowy group behind some of our country's most regressive laws?
It's called the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC.
But don't be fooled by its wonky name or chummy acronym.
Outside the spotlight on federal lawmakers in Washington, D.C., ALEC operates at the state level, matching up giant corporations with conservative politicians to push local legislation devised to advance Big Business and far-right policies.
ALEC's agenda is so extreme that many tech companies -- including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo! -- are withdrawing their membership.
But eBay, the popular online auction service, is still a member of ALEC.
And that's only a small sample of the radical and regressive policies pushed by ALEC -- which, you won't be surprised to learn, is partly funded by the Koch Brothers.
It's time for eBay to join other tech companies in disassociating from a group with such a backwards agenda.
Take action today with our allies at Sierra Rise: Tell eBay to quit ALEC.
The more companies withdraw from ALEC, the less influence it will have on laws in your state and the rest of the country, so please take action today.
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