Facebook Lobbying Spend Up 196%, Google Up 70% In 2012 To Try To Sway Privacy, Anti-Trust Legislation

When you're crushing your competitors, it's the government that can be your biggest threat. That's why Google grew its lobbying spend 70% to $16.48 million in 2012 and Facebook's fees soared 196% to $3.99 million as they tried to buy government influence. Not everyone's so worried about Washington, though. Apple's yearly lobbying spend decreased 13% to $2.26 million.

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