Jeff Chester

Center for Digital Democracy

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Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a nonprofit Internet consumer advocacy group based in Washington, DC

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Facebook now has 600 million members, but President Obama caught on to its power a long time ago. Today, he conducted an Internet town hall from Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto.

Facebook and Obama, Who's Courting Whom?

Facebook now has 600 million members, but President Obama caught on to its power a long time ago. Today, he conducted an Internet town hall from Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto.

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