Amid Cambridge Analytica fallout, Facebook spent record $3.7 mn in lobbying

Technology companies are under pressure from policy makers and the public over growing concern about privacy

Facebook Inc. set a company record for lobbying spending in the second quarter, the period during which Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress and the social media giant faced ongoing fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
 

The company spent almost $3.7 million on influencing federal policy from April to June, according to filings released Friday. That’s an increase of more than $1 million from a year earlier, and up slightly from $3.3 million in the first quarter, when the company set its previous high. Facebook lobbied on data security and privacy, as well as issues including trade, immigration