Google cut its lobbying spending nearly in half in 2019, while Facebook took the lead.
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Google cut its lobbying spending nearly in half in 2019 from 2018 as it faces multiple wide-reaching probes into its business.Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Google cut its lobbying spending nearly in half last year from 2018, even as government investigations into tech companies have scaled up in Washington and throughout the country.
Of the four tech giants thought to be facing antitrust scrutiny, Alphabet's Google was the only one that reduced its year-over-year spending, according to newly released filings.
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