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Online businesses oppose ’10 worst’ proposed Net laws

June 10, 2009 /

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Online sales taxes. New encryption requirements. Intrusive rules for social-networking sites. These and other efforts to tax and regulate the Internet have landed on a business coalition’s list of the 10 worst legislative proposals in the nation.

NetChoice, a group backed by AOL, Yahoo, eBay, Oracle and other online companies, launched a campaign Tuesday against proposed laws across the country that it says would harm e-commerce and consumers. The list is dubbed iAwful, a catchy acronym for Internet Advocates’ Watchlist for Ugly Laws.

By Frank Davies

Mercury News Washington Bureau

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