$300,000 was the amount that Cisco parted with in Q2 to lobby legislators on patent reform, trade measures and efforts to crack down on cybercrime, reports the Associated Press. The money was also spent getting across its views on network neutrality, and efforts to spread broadband connections. Cisco also lobbied on a bill that would make it illegal for U.S. online content providers to hand over users’ personal information to governments that restrict Web access.
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