Tech Spent Millions Lobbying Amid Antitrust Assault, CEO Hearing

Technology giants such as Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google spent millions on lobbying in the third quarter of 2020 as they braced for an eruption of antitrust scrutiny in Washington that saw top executives summoned to testify before Congress.

Amazon spent more than $4.4 million, a company record, while Google spent more than $1.9 million on federal lobbying in the three months ending Sept. 30, according to disclosures filed with Congress.

Amazon’s spending jumped nearly 10% from the same period a year earlier as it faced stepped-up scrutiny in Washington. The company also hired two outside lobbying firms, ...