Lobbying

Google Spent $21M On Lobbying In 2018
Google Spent $21M On Lobbying In 2018
June 09, 2019  |  Google

Google is spending more than any other U.S. tech company on lobbying as the tech sector faces increased scrutiny and the potential for more regulation....

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Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
April 30, 2019  |  Regulation

Lobbying groups and trade associations representing tech giants such as Facebook and Apple have thrown their support towards legislation that could weaken California’s landmark privacy...

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others Spent Millions Lobbying In 2018
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others Spent Millions Lobbying In 2018
January 23, 2019  |  Amazon Profile

Tech giants like Facebook, Apple, Google, Twitter and Microsoft spent $64 million last year in the hopes of helping to influence regulations and combat increased...

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Ripple Heads Up New Crypto Lobbying Group; Pays In XRP
Ripple Heads Up New Crypto Lobbying Group; Pays In XRP
September 30, 2018  |  Blockchain

Ripple, the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk, citing a Business Standard report late...

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Amazon Forms Lobby Group To Keep USPS Services ‘Reliable And Affordable’
Amazon Forms Lobby Group To Keep USPS Services ‘Reliable And Affordable’
August 02, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon, along with other retail and logistics companies, announced the creation of a new group that will lobby to keep the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’) delivery...

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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing
Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart announced news on Wednesday (July 26) that it had convened a broad group of individuals and organizations from the government, business and non-governmental sectors...

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FCC Pressured On Internet Privacy Regulation
FCC Pressured On Internet Privacy Regulation
January 21, 2016  |  News

The Hill, a newspaper covering Congress, said on Wednesday (Jan. 20) that as many as 50 groups, spanning digital rights activists and consumer groups, are...

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Apple, Google, Amazon And Others Team Up To Take On Washington
Apple, Google, Amazon And Others Team Up To Take On Washington
November 10, 2015  |  News

Few would be tempted to call Apple, Google, Amazon, Intuit and PayPal “the league of enthusiastic cooperators” because most of the time they aren’t — they are...

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