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Center for Digital Democracy's Jeff Chester Talks About MicroHoo and More! [BoomTown]

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While in Washington, D.C., BoomTown can't just visit the policy wonks from Internet companies, so I paid a visit on Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group that works to promote privacy and protection online. In other words, a professional--and much needed--thorn in the side of Facebook, Google and, these days, MicroHoo. Full story...

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