Google and Facebook spending more on lobbying

Google and Facebook spending more on lobbying

As it faces rising scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators, Google spent more on lobbying in Washington so far this year than in any other quarter since the Internet giant opened a lobbying operation in Washington in 2005.
The Mountain View, Calif., company shelled out $1.48 million, according to documents it filed this week.
That was a 7% increase from the same quarter last year, when Google spent $1.38 million.
Google mostly lobbied Congress, but also focused its efforts on the Commerce Department, the executive office of the president, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Trade Representative.
The increase in spending comes as Google deals with a number of headaches, including a government inquiry into its $700-million purchase of airline fare tracker ITA Software and the privacy uproar after the launch of social networking service Buzz.

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