Google ramps up lobbying and Facebook outspends Big Tech peers in the third quarter ahead of antitrust revelations - CNBC

Google ramped up lobbying spending in the third quarter and Facebook outspent its Big Tech peers as regulators and lawmakers prepared to make public their findings of alleged antitrust violations.

Each of the companies that faced the subcommittee increased their lobbying spending in the quarter, though Google picked up to the greatest degree.

Here's the breakdown of Big Tech lobbying spend in the third quarter, according to company filings: .

Each company lobbied on a variety of issues.

All five companies lobbied on a variety of competition issue and issues related to consumer privacy or federal privacy legislation.

Most of the companies besides Google lobbied on issues related to the Covid-19 response.

Amazon, Facebook and Google lobbied on encryption-related issues.

Other tech companies also stepped up their spending in the third quarter.