Amazon spent more than US$4.4mil (RM18.24mil), a company record, while Google spent more than US$1.9mil (RM7.87mil) on federal lobbying in the three months ending Sept 30, according to disclosures filed with Congress. — AFP
Technology giants such as Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google spent millions on lobbying in the third quarter of 2020 as they braced for an eruption of antitrust scrutiny in Washington that saw top executives summoned to testify before Congress.
Amazon spent more than US$4.4mil (RM18.24mil), a company record, while Google spent more than US$1.9mil (RM7.87mil) on federal lobbying in the three months ending Sept 30, according to disclosures filed with Congress.
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