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Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google laid off the YouTube Music team on Friday. The Alphabet Workers Union said members were paid as little as $19 an hour. Getty Images The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job after going on strike last year. Some of the workers were lobbying for support for their union at an Austin City Council meeting. A Google spokesperson said the move was a regular contract termination. The entire YouTube Music team… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Why Google’s lobbying in California skyrocketed this year  Tech Xplore Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google reported 27% higher U.S. lobbying expenditures for 2021 compared to 2020, spending $9.6 million for the year, according to the Senate lobbying disclosure database. That’s far below the more than $20 million it spent in 2018 but more than the $7.53 million that went to lobbying in 2020. Google spent… Source link

Google is making a last-ditch effort to change the EU’s incoming laws on Big Tech with a flurry of advertising, emails and targeted social media posts aimed at politicians and officials in Brussels. As EU policymakers put the finishing touches to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), executives at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley are stepping up their efforts to water down parts of the legislation that they fear may have a severe impact on their business. “Top executives in… Source link

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BRUSSELS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (AAPL.O) Google unit, Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) are the three biggest lobbying spenders in Europe in a battle against tough new laws aimed at curbing U.S. tech giants’ powers, a study released on Tuesday showed. Such efforts should be a wake-up call to EU policymakers to further beef up the draft laws and lobbying rules, the study by campaign groups Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl warned. The tech sector outspends… Source link

Technology giants, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc., spent millions on lobbying in the first quarter of 2021 as they face heightened scrutiny from Democrats and Republicans over alleged anticompetitive practices. Google spent $2.7 million on federal lobbying in the three months ending March 31, according to disclosures filed with Congress. That’s a 49% increase from the same period a year earlier, and comes as the company has been steadily increasing its Washington… Source link

As presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden nears his running mate decision, some allies are reportedly warning him against tapping one of the top contenders. A Monday report from Politico describes how there’s a “contingent of Democrats who are lobbying against” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as Biden’s running mate pick, and some have “expressed concerns about her to the vetting committee in recent weeks,” with the issues mainly coming down to “the matter of trust.” Among those casting doubt… Source link