Facebook spent $19.7M on federal lobbying in 2020, up 17.8% YoY, Google spent $7.5M, down 36.2%; Big Five tech companies together spent $61.1M, down 1.8% (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Facebook spent $19.7M on federal lobbying in 2020, up 17.8% YoY, Google spent $7.5M, down 36.2%; Big Five tech companies together spent $61.1M, down 1.8%  —  - Tech companies disclosed their lobbying spending for the fourth quarter of 2020 late Thursday night, revealing big swings in spending from 2019 to 2020.

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