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The five Big Tech companies (Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook & Microsoft) account for more than 25% of the value of the S&P500 and 20% of its Q3 2020 profits. They have grown tremendously during the COVID pandemic, with Amazon alone adding almost half a million jobs in a "hiring spree without equal" . With this unprecedented concentration of economic and financial power comes the ability to influence government policy.
All five tech companies were contacted by InfluenceMap and shown the results of the analysis of their lobbying, prior to publication.