Amazon and Meta (Facebook) spent record totals on lobbying last year, according to lobbying disclosure filings.
Amazon spent $20.3 million in 2021, up from $18.9 million on lobbying in 2020. Meta, previously Facebook, spent $20.1 million in 2021, up from its previously record-breaking total of $19.7 million on lobbying in 2020.
Other Big Tech companies’ spending on lobbying in 2021:
- Google/Alphabet – $11.5 million
- Microsoft – $10.3 million
- Apple – $6.5 million
“Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google and Microsoft all lobbied on each antitrust bill, as well as on issues related to immigration, trade and technological innovation,” the Daily Caller reports.
MarketWatch
“The spending by Big Tech has come as the companies increasingly find themselves in American lawmakers’ and regulators’ cross hairs on a range of issues, with both Republicans and Democrats questioning the power of Silicon Valley’s companies,” MarketWatch reports.
