Google spent $21.2M on US govt lobbying in 2018, up from $18.04M in 2017; Facebook spent $12.62M, up from $11.51M; and Microsoft spent $9.52M, up from $8.5M
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg Try To Reinvent Web Video Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : In 2018 Apple Spent $6.6 Million Lobbying the Government Dave Lee / Notes from Silicon Valley : Tech's lobbying in 2018 hit new heights Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spent combined $64 million to shape U.S. regulations and stave off govt scrutiny in 2018, according to ethics reports filed late Tuesday. Google leads pack (and possibly all companies in D.C.) with $21M. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jillian D'Onfro / @jillianiles : Google set a record for annual lobbying spend in 2018: $21 million http://www.bloomberg.com/...