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Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) is lobbying the U.S. government, how much they’re spending on it, and most importantly – the bills and specific issues on which they lobby.
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Our comprehensive and advanced lobbying database is completed with all the information you need, with more than 1.6 million lobbying contracts ready-for-analysis. We include detailed information on all aspects of federal lobbying, including the following fascinating attributes, among much more:
1. Clients: The publicly traded company, privately owned company, interest group, NGO, or state or local government that employs or retains a lobbyist or lobbying firm.
2. Registrants (Lobbying Firms): Either the name of the lobbying firm hired by the client, or the name of the client if the client employs in-house lobbyists.
3. Lobbyists: The names and past government work experience of the individual lobbyists working on a lobbying contract. 3. General Issues: The general issues for which clients lobby on (ex: ENV – Environment, TOB – Tobacco, FAM – Family Issues/Abortion).
4. Specific Issues: A long text description of the exact bills and specific issues for which clients lobby on.
5. Bills Lobbied On: The exact congressional bills and public/private laws lobbied on, parsed from lobbying report specific issues (ex: H.R. 2347, S. 1117, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).
6. Agencies Lobbied: The names of one or more of 250+ government agencies lobbied on in the contract (ex: White House, FDA, DOD).
7. Foreign Entities: The names and origin countries of entities affiliated with the client (ex: BNP Paribas: France).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) lobbying for?
Summary of the lobbying data for Twitter, Inc.:
– Lobbying firms hired: Llp, Winn Strategies, Inc., Twitter, Twinlogic Strategies, Llc, Integrated Solutions Group, The Joseph Group.
– General issues they lobbied on: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Advertising, Government Issues, Computer Industry, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Intelligence, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (domestic/foreign).
– Specific issues they lobbied on: Legislation related to the online sale of counterfeit and stolen goods, NDO Fairness Act, Issues related to content moderation practices, Issues related to internet intermediary liability, Issues related to Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Issues related to commercial data security, Issues related to data security and consumer privacy, Misinformation, Issues related to child sexual exploitation, Government surveillance and content moderation issues, Issues related to competition, Children and Media Research Advancement Act (CAMRA Act), Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021, Issues related to digital trade, Election integrity, Cross border data access, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, Net Neutrality, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2021, Kids Online Safety Act, SHOP SAFE Act of 2021, The Broadband Substitute Code Legislation affecting “Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Ending Platform Monopolies Act, Copyright issues related to the DMCA, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 (ACCESS Act of 2021).
– Government agencies they lobbied: White House Office, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP).
One could infer that Twitter, Inc. is lobbying on a broad range of issues to protect and promote its business interests in the technology and communications industries, as well as to comply with various regulations and policies related to consumer protection, privacy, and security. Many of the specific issues they lobbied on, such as content moderation practices and internet intermediary liability, are particularly relevant to Twitter’s core business as a social media platform. Additionally, they appear to be advocating for policies that would enhance competition in these industries, potentially benefiting their market position.
