UPDATED: Facebook Lobbying Continues Record-Breaking Pace Following IPO

In Facebook's first lobbying disclosure filing with the U.S. Senate since becoming a public company May 18, the social media platform showed no signs of letting up on investing in its political and policy reach to members of Congress, as well as federal agencies, as the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company continues to break its own records.

In Facebook’s first lobbying disclosure filing with the U.S. Senate since becoming a public company May 18, the social media platform showed no signs of letting up on investing in its political and policy reach to members of Congress, as well as federal agencies, as the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company continues to break its own records.

For the second quarter of 2012, Facebook spent a total of $960,000 on lobbying activities, according to the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure Act Database

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