Tech Loses Once-Powerful Lobbying Group Amid Industry Divisions

The Internet Association will break up by the end of the year, its board said Wednesday, citing “tremendous growth and change” in the technology industry since the once-powerful lobbying group was founded a decade ago.

The association has seen its influence in Washington wane as it struggled to balance competing interests of its member companies, which include behemoths like Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, as well as niche companies like home cleaning service Handy and Ancestry.com.

The Internet Association faced financial difficulty after Microsoft Corp. and Uber Technologies Inc. left the group last month. The organization has ...