Overall, a total of 651 companies are attempting to influence the blocs digital economy.
In second place, Apple has doubled its lobbying investment from 3.5mn to 7mn.
Google comes fourth with 5.5mn, and Microsoft sixth with 5mn.
(Bayer and Shell occupy the third and fifth place, respectively.)
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Meta also ranks first in the number of lobbyists with 17.05 full-time equivalents (FTEs).
Google, Amazon, and Apple employ on average three more FTEs than they did in 2021.
Big techs dominance persists despite a slight rise in the number of companies spending for lobbying.
Notably, US-based companies represent about 20% of the lobbying efforts.
Meanwhile, Chinese giants, such as TikTok and Alibaba, account for less than 1%.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
