Facebook to cut ties with conservative policy group (ALEC)
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook will likely end its relationship with a controversial conservative policy organization over its stance on climate change, The Chronicle learned Tuesday.
The social media giant in Menlo Park would be the second Silicon Valley giant in recent days to sever ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC. On Monday, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told a radio show that the company would end its membership with the group.
... “We re-evaluate our memberships on an annual basis and are in that process now,” a company representative wrote in an e-mail to the newspaper. “While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015.”
Earlier this year, Yahoo said as part of its “commitment to being an environmentally responsible company, our goal is to source 50 percent of our annual electricity from on-site generation.” But on Tuesday, a Yahoo spokesperson said that “at this time, we are members of ALEC and limit our engagement to their Communications and Technology Task Force.”
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