The company listed 12 policy-related job openings based in Washington DC as it faces scrutiny over its privacy policiesFacebook is increasing its lobbying presence in Washington DC before Mark Zuckerberg’s expected testimony on Capitol Hill. Luther Lowe, the vice-president for public policy at Yelp, told the Guardian that Facebook’s DC hiring spree represents an effort to “play catch up with Google”. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, spent $18m on lobbying in 2017 including $6m alone in one three-month period. This was more than any other company spent on lobbying in Washington DC. In 2017, Facebook spent over $11m on its lobbying effort in Washington, representing an increase of nearly $3m on its expenditures in 2016.

Source: The Guardian March 28, 2018 21:03 UTC