Apple and Microsoft did not respond to requests to comment.62 million last year, compared to its record of USD 7.Alphabet Inc’s Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record USD 21.Apple Inc spent USD 6.Google and Facebook China fire alarm cable Suppliers declined to comment beyond their filings.Google’s spent USD 18. Regulatory backlash in the United States, as well as Europe and Asia, is near the top of the list of concerns for technology investors, according to financial analysts.

Facebook said discussing “election integrity” with national security officials was among its new lobbying areas in the fourth quarter.51 million a year ago, according to tracking by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.62 million.2 million on lobbying the US government in 2018, topping its previous high of USD 18. The company is perennially among the top spenders on lobbying in Washington along with a few cable operators, defense contractors and healthcare firms. But he has contested accusations of the company having a political bias in its search results and of stifling competition.com Inc.15 million in 2017, according to center data going back to 1998.22 million in 2012, as the search engine operator fights wide-ranging scrutiny into its practices.

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, who testified in December before a US House of Representatives panel for the first time, has said the company backs the idea of national privacy legislation.Susan Molinari, Google’s top US public policy official, stepped down to take on an advisory role this month.In its filing to Congress on Tuesday, Facebook Inc disclosed that it also spent more on government lobbying in 2018 than it ever had before at USD 12.52 million on lobbying in 2018, according to its disclosure on Tuesday, up from USD 8.04 million on lobbying in 2017, according to the center’s data..5 million tab in 2013.

Microsoft Corp spent USD 9.5 million in 2017 but below its USD 10.Google disclosed that new discussion topics with regulators in the fourth quarter included its search technology, criminal justice reform and international tax reform. That was up from USD 11. A filing from Amazon was expected later on Tuesday. The filing said the company continued to lobby the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating its data security practices.US lawmakers and regulators have weighed new privacy and antitrust rules to rein in the power of large internet service providers such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.