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The Internet Association — the new group focused on protecting Internet freedom, whose members include Amazon, AOL, eBay, Expedia, Facebook and Google, among others, has joined up with Reddit on “Internet 2012."

NetChoice has published their Fall 2012 iAWFUL list, or Internet Advocates' Watchlist for Ugly Laws.  Topping the list is the collection of Federal Internet Sales Tax bills which they say "would impose new tax burdens on online and catalog sellers while taking away states’ sovereign right to protect their businesses from out-of-state tax collectors."

In conjunction with TechNet, eBay Government Relations recently hosted three candidates for the California State Assembly at eBay’s San Jose campus.

As the only corporate representative on the scene, Nick Staheyeff joined WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, the Trade Minister of UAE, former President of Switzerland and a Chilean senator, in opening the WTO 2012 Public Forum.

Do policies match these new opportunities and challenges? That question was the starting point for Trade Minister Björling’s opening remarks at eBay Inc.’s Think 3.0 seminar in Stockholm on September 20, 2012.

On September 18, 2012, eBay Inc., along with several other tech industry leaders, hosted and presented at an Intellectual Property (IP) & Cybersecurity event in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This month eBay sellers and PayPal merchants participated in meetings with Australian government stakeholders to discuss ways to promote growth in commerce and the digital economy.

On Sept. 18, 2012, Brian Bieron, Senior Director, U.S. Government Relations and Global Policy at eBay Inc., spoke to eBay Radio Show listeners about the Internet sales tax debate.