Facebook, Google, Microsoft ceased political contributions after US Capitol riot

Facebook, Google and Microsoft have announced that they were freezing political contributions from their political action committees (PAC) in the wake of the January 6 riot in the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters.

“Following last week’s awful violence in D.C., we are pausing all of our PAC contributions for at least the current quarter, while we review our policies,” Xinhua news agency quoted Facebook spokesman Andy Stone as saying in a statement on Monday.

Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would pause contributions from its PAC.

“We have frozen all NetPAC political contributions while we review and reassess its policies following last week’s deeply troubling events,” a Google spokesperson said.

Microsoft said the company is halting its political spending until after it assesses the implications of last week’s events.

Amazon announced that it will pause donations from its PAC to lawmakers who voted against the certification of the presidential election results.