Facebook is supplementing its strong internal staff of lobbyists with three outside lobbying firms that rarely use social media sites.
Facebook Hired 3 Lobbyist Firms That Prefer Face Time
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Facebook Lobbying Sets Another Spending Record
Facebook spent $320,000 on lobbying Congress and other U.S. government agencies during the second quarter of 2011, nearly as much as it spent in all of 2010, about $350,000.
Facebook Hires Former Assistant To Barack Obama
Facebook has hired a former assistant to President Barack Obama, Sarah Feinberg.
Facebook's Lobbying Efforts In California Pay Off
Facebook has already spent $102,000 on 2011 lobbying in California.
Facebook's Lobbying Rose Sharply In 1Q
In the first quarter of the year, Facebook spent $230,000 lobbying the federal government on issues core to the platform’s business, such as online privacy and equal access to the Internet.
Does Facebook Need To Spend More On Lobbying?
The lobbying disclosure database revealed Facebook spent a total of $351,390 last year on lobbyists. Meanwhile, Apple spent $1.6 million, Yahoo spent $2.21 million and Google spent whopping $5.2 million in 2010.
Facebook Spent $6,600 Lobbying Sacramento
Facebook’s lobbying efforts aren’t just a Washington D.C. phenomenon. The social network successfully spent more than $6,600 lobbying California government to stop legislation that would have levied penalties on social networks displaying addresses of people under 18.
Facebook Gets Into California Lobbying
Between April and June Facebook spent over $6,600 lobbying in California in an effort to have the Social Networking Privacy Act bill killed. Apparently the effort worked, although the state Senator Ellen Corbett could reintroduce the bill at a later point.
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