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Here is how much US tech firms spent on lobbying the US government in 2024

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:58:02 +0000

Tech firms in the United States spend hundreds of millions of dollars per year on lobbying efforts to protect their interests. Here is how much. Read more...

Tech giants spent $50 million in 2017 lobbying the U.S. government

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:36:01 +0000

With the Trump administration cutting regulations and funding for programs that aim to safeguard immigrants, tech giants used their seemingly endless cash piles in 2017 fighting against it. Read more...

Lobbying group representing Microsoft and Google backs CISPA

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:14:59 +0000

TechNet, a lobbying firm representing Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and more, have sent a letter to Congress in support of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Read more...

The other star of the Republican National Convention? Google

Tyler Holman — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:51:08 +0000

Google invaded this week's Republican National Convention with an awesome coffee bar, featuring complimentary a 60MB/s internet connection. The only catch? Lots of advertising and political pandering. Read more...

Google spent $5 million on government lobbying last quarter

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:48:48 +0000

Google spent a company-record $5.03 million on lobbying last quarter (Q1 2012), a drastic increase over the $3.76 million it spent in government lobbying the previous quarter. Read more...

Google snatches Microsoft's lobbying crown

Tyler Holman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:41:01 +0000

After six and a half years, Google has finally surpassed Microsoft on the amount of money it spent lobbying the US government last year. Wait for it... here come the 'Don't Be Evil' remarks. Read more...

Open-Source Activists Protest SCO, MS Anti-Linux Lobbying

Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:04:58 +0000

Open-source activists gathered at LinuxWorld Expo late last week to protest what they say are anti-Linux campaigns being spearheaded on Capitol Hill by rivals the SCO Group and Microsoft. Thursday evening, Linux lobbyists, academics, programmers... Read more...

SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:13:35 +0000

Straight from the jaws of Slashdot: "Along with suing Novell - it was announced today that SCO has been lobbying Congress about the horrifying ways that Linux and the rest of open source... Read more...