The increased regulatory scrutiny of tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft has triggered a rise in lobbying by these companies in Brussels, and, accordingly, an exponential grow of their budget for these activities.
Last year, the so-called 'Big Five' - Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple - spent a combined €19m lobbying the EU, according to a report of Transparenc...
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Elena joined EUobserver in 2019. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.