{"id":73347,"date":"2014-11-02T11:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T09:33:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:33:03","slug":"tech-giant-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/tech-giant-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Giant Lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tech<\/a>In honor of election day<\/strong>, here is some unsettling info<\/a> from IDG<\/em><\/a>. The research firm reports that 2013 was a record year<\/strong> for computer and internet company spending on lobbying<\/strong> in the U.S., and 2014 is looking set to continue that trend. They presented an infographic that tracks information technology firms’ money spent buying<\/del>, corrupting<\/del>, lobbying politicians.<\/p>\n

\"record<\/a>The article says that advertising, privacy, cybersecurity, patents & IP<\/strong>, tax<\/strong>, immigration<\/strong>, energy, drones, and mobile payments are all issues the tech industry wants to control<\/del>, dominate<\/del> influence on Capitol Hill. IDG’s<\/em> research says that Google<\/strong> was the biggest spender; the search giant spent $3.94M in Q3, an increase from this time last year.<\/p>\n

IDG<\/em> reports that many well-known tech firms have increased their political spending when compared to last year. They report that social networking giant\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/strong> (FB<\/a>) has already surpassed its lobbying spend compared to all of last year. Other tech mega-firms that have increased their attempts to buy political power<\/del> lobbying include:<\/p>\n