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Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

16 October 2026 at 16:58
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

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Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.

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