WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google reported 27% larger U.S. lobbying expenditures for 2021 in contrast to 2020, spending $9.6 million for the yr, in accordance to the Senate lobbying disclosure database.
That’s far under the greater than $20 million it spent in 2018 however greater than the $7.53 million that went to lobbying in 2020. Google spent $2.2 million on lobbying in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Google’s lobbying spend dipped in 2020 as it restructured its authorities relations groups.
The largest know-how corporations, together with Amazon.com Inc, Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and Apple Inc, have been beneath strain in Congress over allegations they abused their outsized market energy.
An extended listing of payments have been launched geared toward reining them in, however none have turn out to be regulation. One of the payments, which might cease the platforms from giving choice to their very own companies, handed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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