The issues that matter to The Big Tech Lobby

vpnMentor recently analyzed all the lobbying reports submitted to the U.S House of Representatives (since 2005)
by Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.

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Privacy the Main Issue for Facebook and Google
(Taxes for Amazon, Apple and Microsoft)

Proportion of lobbying reports mentioning key issues

Amazon

tax
59%
privacy
25%
patent
23%
cybersecurity
21%
net neutrality
19%
copyright
17%
immigration
11%
breach
11%
competition
10%
data security
9%

Apple

tax
76%
patent
45%
privacy
45%
copyright
25%
cybersecurity
21%
technical barriers to trade
21%
competition
17%
breach
10%
health data
10%
autonomous vehicle
9%
privacy
data security
cybersecurity
immigration
tax
freedom of expression
patent
breach
government surveillance
net neutrality

Google

privacy
64%
competition
47%
cybersecurity
41%
copyright
40%
patent
39%
immigration
17%
tax
17%
data security
14%
freedom of expression
10%
breach
7%

Microsoft

tax
54%
privacy
43%
immigration
35%
cybersecurity
33%
competition
24%
patent
21%
piracy
16%
breach
9%
net neutrality
7%
copyright
5%

The real influencers:
Google leads the $500m big tech lobby

Privacy the most used word in big tech lobbying

The most used words in U.S. lobbying reports submitted by
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, 2005 - 2018

Word Total no.
mentions		 No. reports
mentioning
the word
privacy 3240 1323
tax 2463 1123
online 2101 880
data 1871 777
security 1795 745
internet 1483 560
trade 1444 557
patent 1294 709
technology 1215 744
protection 1211 629
competition 1182 719

The following words were excluded from this analysis: and, of, to, the, in, issues, act, related, reform, including.

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