They want you to pay them to "research" google's web crawling monopoly. It's really just a donation, but they don't frame it like that. Probably more credible than using a crowd funding website, because it sounds like their pushing for actual legislation.
> Meet with legislators and regulators to present our findings as well as the mock legislation and regulations. We can’t expect that we can publish this website or a PDF and then sit back while governments just all start moving ahead on their own. Part of the process is meeting with legislators and regulators and taking the time helping them understand why regulating Google in this way is so important. Showing up and answering legislators’ questions is how we got cited in the Congressional Antitrust report and we intend to keep doing what’s worked so far.
> Meet with legislators and regulators to present our findings as well as the mock legislation and regulations. We can’t expect that we can publish this website or a PDF and then sit back while governments just all start moving ahead on their own. Part of the process is meeting with legislators and regulators and taking the time helping them understand why regulating Google in this way is so important. Showing up and answering legislators’ questions is how we got cited in the Congressional Antitrust report and we intend to keep doing what’s worked so far.