Link-sharing and discussion website Reddit has announced that it has joined the Internet Association, a Washington lobbying group. The association was founded last year and lobbies on topics including surveillance laws, privacy, regulation and cybersecurity, The Hill reports. “In spite of reddit being an incredibly effective way to lower workplace productivity, we’ve also seen how online communities can have a transformative economic impact,” said Reddit’s general manager. The Internet Association recently wrote to the U.S. Executive branch and congressional leaders calling for greater transparency on national security-related requests for user data from Internet service providers.
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