Filings: Meta spent the most on US lobbying in Q3 with $5.8M, followed by Amazon, Google, and Apple; Anthropic, Nvidia, and a16z hit $1M+ for the first time
Ashley Gold / Axios :
TTP analysis: Google used an internal reorganization to reduce the amount it reported on US lobbying spending, likely by millions; Google disputes the claims
It was the end of 2018, and Google's leaders were tired of being Number One. — For the second year in a row … Forums: r/technology Forums: r/technology : Google Finds Workaround for Lobbying Rules T...
Analysis: ByteDance spent $8.74M on US lobbying activities in 2023, up 77% YoY, and Shein spent $2.12M, up 7.6x from 2022, amid rising US-China trade tensions
Ryotaro Yamada / Nikkei Asia : X: @nikkeiasia X: @nikkeiasia : ByteDance, Shein sharply boost spending on lobbying in U.S. Chinese firms seek to minimize effects of alarm over bilateral tensions http...
Analysis: ByteDance spent $8.74M on US lobbying activities in 2023, up 77% YoY, and Shein spent $2.12M, up 7.6x from 2022, amid rising US-China trade tensions
Chinese firms seek to minimize effects of alarm over bilateral tensions — ByteDance increased its lobbying spending by 77% in 2023 over the previous year. X: @nikkeiasia X: @nikkeiasia : ByteDance, ...
After spending $13M+ on US lobbying in the past decade, Huawei quietly shutters its in-house DC lobbying operation, ending its effort to overturn the US ban
Bloomberg :
The chip industry is the new star on the political scene, bringing opportunities and challenges; Nvidia and others have rapidly built US lobbying operations
Wall Street Journal :
OpenSecrets: crypto companies spent $18.96M on US lobbying in Q1 2023 to Q3 2023, up from $16.1M during the same period in 2022; Coinbase spent $2.16M, the most
The cryptocurrency industry was on track to hit a new record for federal lobbying spending, after a year in which firms scrambled …
Filings: Apple's US lobbying spend grew 44% YoY to $9.4M in 2022; Amazon's grew ~2% to $19.7M, Meta's fell 4.6% to $19.2M; Google spent $10.9M, Microsoft $9.8M
and engaged in astroturfing on top of it all Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg : Meta Lobbying Spending Dips as Job Cuts, Costs Surge Tweets: Amit Kumar / @akumar : lol lobbyist: what's our budget? functiona...
A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's US lobbying, seeking to make CFTC, not SEC, oversee crypto markets and change how commodity futures markets operate in the US
In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. Tweets: @bgurley , @ahcastor , @nickbaumann , @nickbaumann , @nickbaumann , @davidnir...
Apple is on track for its biggest year of US lobbying, spending $4.6M in H1 2022, as Tim Cook becomes one of the country's most politically active tech CEOs
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg :