Google (GOOG) has now joined AT&T (T) and General Electric in the illustrious ranks of America’s top lobbyists. Per AllThingsD, Google this week said it spent $4.18 million on lobbying expenses in the third quarter of 2012, bringing its total lobbying expenses on the year to a company-record $13.13 million. According to OpenSecrets.org, this makes Google the seventh-biggest lobbyist in the United States, by far the highest for a technology company. As AllThingsD notes, Google spent the most money this year in the first quarter, when it shelled out “$5.03 million on efforts like defeating the SOPA anti-piracy legislation.”
Google has spent a record $13 million on lobbying this year
Published Oct 26th, 2012 8:02PM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
