Big tech accountability is increasingly the target of lawmakers. No surprise, therefore, that technology giants such as google are stepping up lobbying. This article is published by Reuters. Here is an excerpt:

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google reported 27% higher U.S. lobbying expenditures for 2021 compared to 2020, spending $9.6 million for the year, according to the Senate lobbying disclosure database.

That’s far below the more than $20 million it spent in 2018 but more 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 government relations teams.

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