Meta plans to spend $65M in 2026 to boost state politicians friendly to AI; filings: Meta started two super PACs, one backing the GOP and another for Democrats
Meta's biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development.
New York Times
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@teddyschleifer
Teddy Schleifer
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NEWS: Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business. Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I. Exclusive w/ @matt_zdun. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@teddyschleifer
Teddy Schleifer
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NEW: Meta is digging into its $65 million political warchest to start two super PACs. One is called Making Our Tomorrow — to back Democrats. It starts this week in Illinois. The other is called Forge the Future Project — to back Republicans. It starts this week in Texas. [image]
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@sachalouise
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one hell of a split screen. just as Zuck does his perp walk into an LA courthouse to stand trial for harming kids, his company Meta drops another $65M into the midterms to elect politicians who will vote his way in congress. — this is why people like him believe they'll never …
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@jdcocchiarella
Jack Cocchiarella
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We don't live in a real democracy
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@nathantbernard
Nathan Bernard
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Taking money from Meta super PACs to enable Zuckerberg's data center blitzkrieg should be as toxic electorally as receiving AIPAC funding, and deserves to be tracked extremely closely.
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@thegreenebj
Bryce Greene
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Again remarkable how fucking cheap it is for a corporation to buy US government policy
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@leehepner
Lee Hepner
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Oh look, a flailing business investing in political favors.
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@ryangrim
Ryan Grim
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What kind of democracy is this
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@hbendaas
Hamid Bendaas
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Unless Meta is sending candidates a questionnaire to fill out I don't see why this is a problem
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@cernovich
@cernovich
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Playing both sides. Zuckerberg has no morals. Only money worship.
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@sachalouise
Sacha Haworth
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think of the split screen here. Just as Zuck does his perp walk into an LA courthouse to stand trial for harming kids, his company @Meta drops another $65M into our elections. this is why people like him believe they'll never be held accountable. [image]