ADEspinoza said he still supported Google, whose technology, including its ad tools now under government investigation, have helped his company reach new customers across the country. Amazon, Facebook and Google have spent more than $11 million combined over the first three months of 2020 to influence federal action on a range of issues, including antitrust, according to ethics disclosures filed with Congress. ADADThe new tech group has sought to enlist support from other tech companies including Amazon and Google, according to two people familiar with the effort who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. ADADThe survey explicitly asked if states should punish companies including Amazon and Google, which publicly have acknowledged their past financial support of the NTU. By September 2018, 3C members had sounded off in support of major tech companies during a regulatory proceeding at the Federal Trade Commission.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2020 09:56 UTC