E-commerce site Etsy joined the Internet Association,...

July 17, 2014 |Internet

E-commerce site Etsy joined the Internet Association, IA said in a Wednesday news release (http://bit.ly/Wb6puD). IA includes companies like Amazon, AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, reddit, Twitter and Yahoo. “The Internet Association understands that the promise of the Internet lies in the power to harness user communities to achieve a broader economic impact,” said Etsy Public Policy Director Althea Erickson. IA has been critical of proposed FCC net neutrality rules (CD July 15 p1).