Meta Funneled $2B Through Nonprofits to Push Age Verification Laws Targeting Apple and Google
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Summary
A Reddit researcher investigation reveals Meta funneled over $2 billion through nonprofit shells to lobby for age verification laws that would force Apple and Google to build surveillance infrastructure into devices, while exempting Meta's own platforms from the same requirements. The lobbying operation spans 45 states and uses nonprofit shells to avoid transparency requirements.
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Meta funneled over $2 billion through shadowy nonprofits to push age verification laws that would force Apple and Google to build surveillance infrastructure into every device
Meta's lobbying operation spans 45 states using nonprofit shells to avoid transparency requirements
Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.
