Last year, Meta and Google spent tens of millions of dollars to buy influence in Ca. politics by contributing to campaigns, lobbying, and making payments to nonprofits on behalf of sitting officials.
Why? Mostly to fight AI regulation. My latest for CalMatters
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/meta-google-ai-regulation-elections/
Jeremia Kimelman
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