Big Tech, including Google, has spent an estimated $582m lobbying the United States Congress since 2005.
Google has spent big lobbying on issues pertaining to privacy and competition.
They are now using their position as the world’s only genuine monopoly to try and stop the federal government making them pay for Australian news content.
Make no mistake.
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