Tracking Big Tech's
Lobbying Web
Since 2020, Big Tech has spent over a billion dollars to kill off comprehensive legislation that would increase competition, protect children and teens, safeguard our privacy, and establish AI guard rails. They do this by engaging in direct lobbying campaigns and funding trade associations and nonprofits to do indirect lobbying on their behalf. This tracker maps how the companies deploy both direct and indirect federal lobbying campaigns to influence lawmakers and enforcers — blocking commonsense reforms that would make the internet better. This only covers federal lobbying and does not capture state lobbying, local lobbying, or the hundreds of millions Big Tech spends on think tanks, academic centers, and litigation to challenge existing laws.
Total Lobbying by Year
Stacked annual federal lobbying expenditures for Big Tech and the trade groups, think tanks, and coalitions they bankroll. Use the toggles below to focus on a single year or filter to one company and the organizations it funds.
The Lobbying Network
Each company sits at the center of its own constellation. Orbs around each hub are the trade associations, think tanks, and coalitions where it has held membership since 2020 — sized by that group's lifetime federal lobbying spend. Shared orgs link multiple hubs.
Companies & Organizations
Every Big Tech company and every outside group in this dataset, ranked by total federal lobbying spend since 2020. Tap any row for a year-by-year breakdown and the list of Big Tech companies funding it.
