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UPDATED AT 5:45 PM PT – Friday, January 22, 2021
Technology giants reveal they spent a total of $ 61 million on lobbying last year.
On Thursday, Big Tech companies released their lobbying spending numbers for the fourth quarter of 2020, revealing that Facebook and Amazon invested record amounts.
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Facebook invested most of its pressure at nearly $ 19.7 million throughout 2020, an increase of 17.8 percent over the previous year. Amazon came in second with $ 17.9 million, followed by Google, Microsoft and Apple.
+++ New pressure spending figures in the US have just been released. +++ GAFAM together spent $ 61 million in 2020. Slightly less than last year. But still at a high level. Two numbers stand out: Facebook has again increased its spending, while Google has recorded a significant decrease. pic.twitter.com/RjWjcH863k
– LobbyControl Tech (@lobbyctrl_tech) January 22, 2021
Google spent $ 7.5 million, a sharp decline from $ 11.8 million in 2019.
In addition, the lobby of technology giant Microsoft amounted to $ 9.4 million in 2020 compared to $ 10.2 million in 2019. Apple’s spending also declined slightly, to a total of 6, $ 7 million in 2020, but $ 7.4 million in 2019.