{"id":397692,"date":"2022-01-22T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/washington-watch-amazon-facebook-set-washington-lobbying-spending-records\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:55:00","slug":"washington-watch-amazon-facebook-set-washington-lobbying-spending-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-watch-amazon-facebook-set-washington-lobbying-spending-records\/","title":{"rendered":"#Washington Watch: Amazon, Facebook set Washington lobbying spending records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a882768d6ce9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a882768d6ce9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-watch-amazon-facebook-set-washington-lobbying-spending-records\/#Outlays_come_as_Big_Tech_increasingly_find_itself_in_Washingtons_cross_hairs\" >Outlays come as Big Tech increasingly find itself in Washington\u2019s cross hairs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-watch-amazon-facebook-set-washington-lobbying-spending-records\/#Victor_Reklaitis\" >Victor Reklaitis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Washington Watch: Amazon, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> set Washington lobbying spending records<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Outlays_come_as_Big_Tech_increasingly_find_itself_in_Washingtons_cross_hairs\"><\/span>\n  Outlays come as Big Tech increasingly find itself in Washington\u2019s cross hairs<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"article body\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000559792\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000559792\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Amazon.com with its subsidiaries and Facebook\u2019s parent company set records in their spending on Washington lobbying last year with outlays of at least $20.3 million and $20.1 million, respectively, according to disclosures filed late Thursday and past filings aggregated by OpenSecrets.org.<\/p>\n<p> The e-commerce giant<br \/>\n        AMZN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210331248\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-5.95%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and Meta Platforms<br \/>\n        FB,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205064656\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-4.23%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       then known as Facebook, had set records in 2020 with their lobbying spending of just under and above $19 million, and now their 2021 outlays have exceeded those totals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Amazon and Meta rank as the leaders in lobbying spending among the country\u2019s five biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> companies by market value, exceeding the other giants\u2019 outlays. Alphabet parent Google<br \/>\n        GOOG,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205453964\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.56%<\/bg-quote><\/p>\n<p>        GOOGL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202490156\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.22%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and its subsidiaries shelled out at least $11.5 million last year, Microsoft<br \/>\n        MSFT,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/207732364\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.85%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       spent $10.3 million, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le<br \/>\n        AAPL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202934861\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.28%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       paid out $6.5 million, according to their disclosures.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetDynamic\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetDynamic\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<div id=\"chart_0e7b6f5f97e4ff6cc5597fa6\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n(function () {\n  function createChart() {\n    var CHART_ENGINE_NAME = 'CustomDataChart_MARKETWATCH_0_9_0';\n    var definitions = {};\n    function loadScript(src) {\n      var script = document.createElement('script');\n      script.setAttribute('src', src);\n      document.body.appendChild(script);\n    }\n    function loadCSS(cssURL){\n      if(cssURL){\n        const link = document.createElement('link');\n        link.rel=\"stylesheet\";\n        link.type=\"text\/css\"\n        link.href = cssURL;\n        document.head.appendChild(link);\n      }\n      return;\n    }\n    function checkIfScriptsAreComplete() {\n      for (var key in definitions) {\n        if (definitions.hasOwnProperty(key)) {\n          if (!window[key]) {\n            return setCheckCompleteTimeout();\n          }\n        }\n      }\n      init();\n    }\n    function setCheckCompleteTimeout() {\n      return setTimeout(checkIfScriptsAreComplete, 100);\n    }\n    function init() {\n      var width = 0;\n      var ChartEngine = window[CHART_ENGINE_NAME];\n      var delay;\n      var options = {\"isStaging\":false,\"skipUpdate\":false,\"series\":[{\"name\":\"Facebook\/Meta\",\"symbol\":\"\",\"markdown\":\"{series}\",\"showInLegend\":true,\"data\":[{\"y\":3.85},{\"y\":6.43},{\"y\":9.34},{\"y\":9.85},{\"y\":8.69},{\"y\":11.51},{\"y\":12.62},{\"y\":16.71},{\"y\":19.68},{\"y\":20.07}],\"dashStyle\":\"solid\",\"opacity\":100,\"colorIndex\":4,\"color\":\"#67B2CF\",\"negativeColor\":\"#a76cc0\",\"negativeColorIdx\":1},{\"name\":\"Amazon\",\"symbol\":\"\",\"markdown\":\"{series}\",\"showInLegend\":true,\"data\":[{\"y\":2.5},{\"y\":3.46},{\"y\":4.94},{\"y\":9.44},{\"y\":11.35},{\"y\":13},{\"y\":14.6},{\"y\":16.99},{\"y\":18.89},{\"y\":20.25}],\"dashStyle\":\"solid\",\"opacity\":100,\"colorIndex\":7,\"color\":\"#F6881F\",\"negativeColor\":\"#61c9ae\",\"negativeColorIdx\":2},{\"name\":\"Microsoft\",\"symbol\":\"\",\"markdown\":\"{series}\",\"showInLegend\":true,\"data\":[{\"y\":8.09},{\"y\":10.49},{\"y\":8.33},{\"y\":8.49},{\"y\":8.71},{\"y\":8.66},{\"y\":9.59},{\"y\":10.26},{\"y\":9.46},{\"y\":10.25}],\"dashStyle\":\"solid\",\"opacity\":100,\"colorIndex\":5,\"color\":\"#4DB74D\",\"negativeColor\":\"#f8954a\",\"negativeColorIdx\":3},{\"name\":\"Google\/Alphabet\",\"symbol\":\"\",\"markdown\":\"{series}\",\"showInLegend\":true,\"data\":[{\"y\":18.22},{\"y\":14.06},{\"y\":16.83},{\"y\":16.66},{\"y\":15.43},{\"y\":18.39},{\"y\":21.85},{\"y\":12.78},{\"y\":8.85},{\"y\":11.5}],\"dashStyle\":\"solid\",\"opacity\":100,\"colorIndex\":6,\"color\":\"#FD523B\",\"negativeColor\":\"#67B2CF\",\"negativeColorIdx\":4},{\"name\":\"Apple\",\"symbol\":\"\",\"markdown\":\"{series}\",\"showInLegend\":true,\"data\":[{\"y\":1.97},{\"y\":3.37},{\"y\":4.11},{\"y\":4.52},{\"y\":4.67},{\"y\":7.15},{\"y\":6.68},{\"y\":7.41},{\"y\":6.65},{\"y\":6.5}],\"dashStyle\":\"solid\",\"opacity\":100,\"colorIndex\":11,\"color\":\"#919191\",\"negativeColor\":\"#4DB74D\",\"negativeColorIdx\":5}],\"categories\":[2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021],\"annotations\":[],\"legend\":{\"enabled\":true,\"layout\":\"default\",\"showColorChips\":true,\"itemsInOrder\":false},\"headings\":{\"title\":{\"text\":\"Big Tech lobbying\",\"enabled\":true},\"dek\":{\"text\":\"\",\"enabled\":true},\"subdek\":{\"text\":\"The annual disclosed spending to influence Washington by the 5 largest tech companies by market value\",\"enabled\":true},\"note\":{\"text\":\"Note: \",\"enabled\":false},\"source\":{\"text\":\"Sources: https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org, http:\/\/disclosures.house.gov, https:\/\/lda.senate.gov\",\"enabled\":true},\"date\":{\"text\":\"\",\"enabled\":false},\"xaxisTitle\":{\"text\":\"\",\"enabled\":true},\"yaxisTitle\":{\"text\":\"\",\"enabled\":true},\"slug\":{\"0\":\"t\",\"1\":\"e\",\"2\":\"c\",\"3\":\"h\",\"4\":\"L\",\"5\":\"o\",\"6\":\"b\",\"7\":\"b\",\"8\":\"y\",\"9\":\"i\",\"10\":\"n\",\"11\":\"g\",\"12\":\"Q\",\"13\":\"4\",\"14\":\"_\",\"15\":\"2\",\"16\":\"0\",\"17\":\"2\",\"18\":\"1\"},\"subdekPromo\":{\"text\":\"\",\"enabled\":true},\"sourcePromo\":{\"text\":\"Source: OpenSecrets.org\",\"enabled\":true},\"notePromo\":{\"text\":\"Note: \",\"enabled\":false},\"chartFont\":\"en\"},\"xAxisInterval\":\"Auto\",\"mobileXAxisInterval\":\"auto\",\"mobileXAxisIntervalSameAsDesktop\":true,\"yAxisInterval\":\"\",\"yAxisMobileInterval\":\"\",\"yAxisMobileEnabled\":true,\"allowDecimals\":true,\"plotBands\":[],\"majorTicksArticle\":\"halfDecade\",\"minorTicksArticle\":\"year\",\"majorTicksPrint\":\"halfDecade\",\"minorTicksPrint\":\"year\",\"majorTicksPromo\":\"halfDecade\",\"minorTicksPromo\":\"year\",\"hiddenCategoriesArticle\":[],\"hiddenCategoriesPrint\":[],\"hiddenCategoriesPromo\":[],\"dateSpan\":284083200000,\"plotLines\":[{\"plotLineColor\":\"#4d4d4d\",\"plotLineLabel\":\"\",\"plotLineValue\":\"\",\"plotLineDashStyle\":\"solid\",\"plotLineLabelPosition\":\"top right\"}],\"colorMode\":\"DEFAULT\",\"horizontalBarType\":\"normal\",\"specialHorizontalBarXValue\":\"\",\"horizontalBarLabel\":false,\"step\":false,\"liveMarketData\":false,\"isPercent\":false,\"singleIsPercent\":false,\"tickers\":[],\"dateRange\":\"6M\",\"start\":\"\",\"end\":\"\",\"isRolling\":false,\"frequency\":\"P1D\",\"showMinorTicks\":true,\"showTooltips\":true,\"connectEmptyDataPoints\":\"none\",\"markedDataPoints\":true,\"categoriesAreDates\":true,\"categoriesAreMonthly\":false,\"fiscalYears\":false,\"quarterlyResults\":false,\"irregularDates\":true,\"reverseDateMonth\":false,\"removeOverlappingCategories\":false,\"allowCategoriesLinebreak\":false,\"suppress\":{},\"el\":null,\"type\":\"column\",\"product\":\"marketwatch\",\"width\":480,\"sizes\":{\"marketwatch-4u-inset\":{\"axes\":{\"shown\":true,\"tickStyle\":null,\"units\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\"},\"showRecessions\":false,\"showUkRecessions\":false,\"reversed\":false},\"xAxis\":{},\"yAxis\":{},\"stacking\":null,\"tooltips\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\",\"sameAsAxes\":true},\"height\":400,\"editing\":true},\"marketwatch-8u-inset\":{\"axes\":{\"shown\":true,\"tickStyle\":null,\"units\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\"},\"showRecessions\":false,\"showUkRecessions\":false,\"reversed\":false},\"xAxis\":{},\"yAxis\":{},\"stacking\":null,\"tooltips\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\",\"sameAsAxes\":true},\"height\":434,\"editing\":true},\"marketwatch-12u-inset\":{\"axes\":{\"shown\":true,\"tickStyle\":null,\"units\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\"},\"showRecessions\":false,\"showUkRecessions\":false,\"reversed\":false},\"xAxis\":{},\"yAxis\":{},\"stacking\":null,\"tooltips\":{\"commas\":false,\"prefix\":\"$\",\"suffix\":\" million\",\"divisor\":\"none\",\"sameAsAxes\":true},\"height\":505,\"editing\":true}},\"size\":null,\"print\":null,\"defaults\":{\"colors\":[\"#89b8e3\",\"#a76cc0\",\"#61c9ae\",\"#f8954a\",\"#67B2CF\",\"#4DB74D\",\"#FD523B\",\"#F6881F\",\"#F9E073\",\"#286E84\",\"#4d4d4d\",\"#919191\",\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"],\"sizes\":[{\"id\":\"marketwatch-4u-inset\",\"label\":\"Inset Mobile\",\"width\":300,\"height\":400,\"minWidth\":0,\"minHeight\":200,\"maxHeight\":3000,\"interactive\":true,\"scale\":2,\"target\":\"marketwatch\",\"publish\":\"inset\",\"group\":\"Dynamic Insets\/IFrames\"},{\"id\":\"marketwatch-8u-inset\",\"label\":\"Inset MG\",\"width\":620,\"height\":434,\"minWidth\":360,\"minHeight\":200,\"maxHeight\":3000,\"interactive\":true,\"scale\":1,\"target\":\"marketwatch\",\"publish\":\"inset\",\"group\":\"Dynamic Insets\/IFrames\"},{\"id\":\"marketwatch-12u-inset\",\"label\":\"Inset ZH\",\"width\":940,\"height\":505,\"minWidth\":621,\"minHeight\":200,\"maxHeight\":3000,\"interactive\":true,\"scale\":1,\"target\":\"marketwatch\",\"publish\":\"inset\",\"group\":\"Dynamic Insets\/IFrames\"}]}};\n      options.el = document.getElementById('chart_0e7b6f5f97e4ff6cc5597fa6');\n      var render = function (event) {\n        var newWidth = window.innerWidth;\n        if ((event && event.type === 'hashchange') || width !== newWidth) {\n          width = newWidth;\n          (ChartEngine.destroy || ChartEngine.default.destroy)(options.el);\n          clearTimeout(delay);\n          delay = setTimeout(function () {\n            options.width = options.el.parentElement.offsetWidth;\n            (ChartEngine.render || ChartEngine.default.render)(options, false);\n          }, 100);\n        }\n      };\n      render();\n      window.addEventListener('resize', render, false);\n      window.addEventListener('hashchange', render, false);\n    }\n    if (typeof window[CHART_ENGINE_NAME] === 'undefined') {\n      definitions[CHART_ENGINE_NAME] = false;\n      var awsStr=\"https:\/\/djcs-olympics.s3.amazonaws.com\/custom-data-charts\/custom-data-chart-marketwatch-0.9.0.min.js\";\n      loadCSS('https:\/\/asset.barrons.com\/dynamic-insets\/charts\/marketwatch-digital.1.css');\n      loadScript(awsStr);\n    }\n    checkIfScriptsAreComplete();\n    trackAction('render');\n  }\n  function trackAction(action) {\n    if (window && window.NREUM) {\n      var articleId = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"article.id\"]');\n      var metaType = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"article.type\"]');\n      var metaSection = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"article.section\"]');\n      var pageSource = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"page.content.source\"]');\n      var data = {\n        insetName: 'chartlos',\n        chartId: '0e7b6f5f97e4ff6cc5597fa6',\n        chartVersion: '0_9_0',\n        chartProduct: 'MARKETWATCH',\n        articleId: articleId ? articleId.getAttribute('content') : '',\n        articleType: metaType ? metaType.getAttribute('content') : '',\n        articleSection: metaType ? metaSection.getAttribute('content') : '',\n        pageSource: pageSource ? pageSource.getAttribute('content') : ''\n      }\n      window.NREUM.addPageAction(\n        'chartlos:' + action,\n        data\n      );\n    }\n  }\n  if (document.readyState === 'complete') {\n    createChart();\n  } else {\n    window.addEventListener('load', createChart, false);\n  }\n})();\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The spending by Big Tech has come as the companies increasingly find themselves in American lawmakers\u2019 and regulators\u2019 cross hairs on a range of issues, with both Republicans and Democrats questioning the power of Silicon Valley\u2019s companies.<\/p>\n<p>But investors in the tech giants mostly don\u2019t look that scared of Washington, as four out of the five companies\u2019 stocks have outpaced or roughly matched the S&amp;P 500\u2019s rise of 16% over the past 12 months. Alphabet shares have soared 41% over that period, Microsoft has gained 34%, Apple is up 20%, and Meta\u2019s stock has tacked on 16%. Just Amazon\u2019s stock has underperformed the S&amp;P, losing 10% over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: <\/strong>Senate panel approves antitrust bill targeting Apple, Google and Amazon<\/p>\n<p><strong>And read:<\/strong> Big Tech heads for \u2018a year of thousands of tiny tech papercuts,\u2019 but what antitrust efforts could make them bleed?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lda.senate.gov\/filings\/public\/filing\/8b5642d0-7521-4b52-b53e-674f0c480ddf\/print\/\" class=\"icon none\">Amazon\u2019s Q4 disclosure<\/a> shows it lobbied on a wide range of issues, including counterfeits, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, cannabis reform, telehealth, drones, high-skilled immigration and postal rates. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosurespreview.house.gov\/ld\/ldxmlrelease\/2021\/Q4\/301337972.xml\" class=\"icon none\">Meta\u2019s Q4 filing<\/a> indicates it focused on issues such as election integrity, misinformation, privacy, immigration reform and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon and Meta\u2019s annual outlays are coming closer to eclipsing the most that one of the five big tech companies has ever disclosed shelling out on lobbyists in a year \u2014 Google parent Alphabet\u2019s total of $21.9 million in 2018, which then was followed by a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-facing-more-scrutiny-overhauls-lobbying-and-public-affairs-operations-11560331803?mod=mktw&amp;mod=article_inline\" class=\"icon none\">major overhaul of the search king\u2019s influence operation<\/a> in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now read:<\/strong> Amazon has mostly avoided antitrust scrutiny, but that may change in 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong> Facebook\u2019s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp are antitrust targets, but its metaverse mergers may be the victims<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Victor Reklaitis\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/victor-reklaitis\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VicRek\",\"text\":\"@VicRek\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:vreklaitis@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"vreklaitis@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Victor_Reklaitis\"><\/span>Victor Reklaitis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=%7B20C05575-04D4-B545-788A-B07C3D8EB8A5%7D&#038;siteid=rss&#038;rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Washington Watch: Amazon, Facebook set Washington lobbying spending records&#8221; Outlays come as Big Tech increasingly find itself in Washington\u2019s cross hairs Amazon.com with its subsidiaries and Facebook\u2019s parent company set records in their spending on Washington lobbying last year with outlays of at least $20.3 million and $20.1 million, respectively, according to disclosures filed late&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-471285\/social","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}