Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 86

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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Required Vote Approval of the stockholder proposal requires the affirmative FOR vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of Alphabet’s shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. Unless marked to the contrary, proxies received will be voted AGAINST the stockholder proposal. Alphabet Recommendation

| OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THE 
 STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL.                                |

Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 90

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Proposal Number 13: Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Alignment
of Lobbying Activities with Child Safety Policies Proxy Impact, on behalf of the Broz Family Investments, LLC, has advised us that it intends to submit the following proposal for consideration at the Annual Meeting. According to the Wall Street Journal, Alphabet has co-led Big Tech’s opposition to the Kid’s Online Safety Act (KOSA) which “would assign to platforms what it calls a “duty of care,” essentially putting a legal onus on them to take steps to address mental-health disorders, addiction-like behaviors, bullying, sexual exploitation and more.” It further reported that KOSA is the first major federal legislation about child safety online since 1998 and had enjoyed rare bipartisan support until targeted by Big Tech lobbyists. 1 This is just the latest in a long history of lobbying against (or seeking special carve outs) in Congressional child safety related bills. Alphabet reported lobbying on child safety bills including S.1409 Kids Online Safety Act, S.1207 EARN IT Act 2023, S.1418 Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, S.90 and H.R.538 Consumers about Smart Devices Act, S.474 REPORT Act, S.1291 Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, and S.1199 STOP CSAM [Child Sexual Abuse Materials] ACT of 2023, among others. 2 On a State level, Google has similarly opposed, or sought carve outs, against legislation in California, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Utah, requiring mandatory age verification aimed to help protect minors. 3 In New York it was reported that “Google and Meta are spearheading a fierce push to kill New York legislation aimed at protecting children online”