It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone when companies pull out the stops to lobby against legislation they view as harmful to their interests. And yet, a new examination of Apple’s lobbying tactics contained a detail about Apple’s tactics in a recent battle with Georgia state lawmakers that was jaw-dropping, especially for a company that often places itself on a high moral pedestal.
On Friday, Politico reported that Apple’s hired lobbyists, as part of a campaign against a couple of bills in the state, said if the bills passed the company might pull the plug on a $25 million investment Apple had previously announced for a tech hub in Atlanta affiliated with historically Black colleges and universities.
