Over the past year, Facebook and Google stepped up their lobbying efforts. The First Street Research Group decided to take a quick look at their spending over the past year.
Facebook has tripled its spending on lobbying from Q3 2010 to Q3 2011:
| Client Filing | # of Issues | Quarter | Amount | Lobbying Report |
| Facebook Inc. | 6 | 2011 3Q | $ 360,000.00 | LD2 |
| Facebook Inc. | 6 | 2011 2Q | $ 320,000.00 | LD2 |
| Facebook Inc. | 7 | 2011 1Q | $ 230,000.00 | LD2 |
| Facebook Inc. | 4 | 2010 4Q | $ 130,000.00 | LD2 |
| Facebook Inc. | 4 | 2010 3Q | $ 120,000.00 | LD2
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While Google has nearly doubled its spending on lobbying from Q3 2010 to Q3 2011:
| Client Filing | # of Issues | Quarter | Amount | Lobbying Report |
| Google Inc. | 12 | 2011 3Q | $ 2,380,000.00 | LD2 |
| Google Inc. | 12 | 2011 2Q | $ 2,060,000.00 | LD2 |
| Google Inc. | 12 | 2011 1Q | $ 1,480,000.00 | LD2 |
| Google Inc. | 11 | 2010 4Q | $ 1,240,000.00 | LD2 |
| Google Inc. | 12 | 2010 3Q | $ 1,200,000.00 | LD2
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Google still far outweighs Facebook in what its spends on lobbying, but both companies are ramping up their lobbying efforts.
let’s see,face book has had phenomenal success in collecting-Oops i mean attracting
visitors/socialists on the site but good things eventually come to an end.Meaning i’m aware that face book literally surrendered/gave federal law enforcement(and everybody else)complete and total access to private information,no notification that they were going to do it-just here you go.Now personally i my self don’t socialize on the web site at all !!! i just felt a short while back this website has a little too much going on here.THEN about a month ago i read about what they did with everyone’s information!! so i’m glad i didn’t mix myself in that busy-body foolishness!! and good riddance!!!!
and far as google is concerned,they’re just afraid of being left behind!! but SERIOUSLY
i look for face book and google to put pressure on myspace with possibly a BUYOUT/
ACQUISITION / MERGER that business masquerade always works,one or the other will claim the company was attractive and / or had client base or reach potential.But in truth they’ll acquire them out of greed and/or to stiffen the competition between the two….so good luck” myspace” and try not to become “their space”….