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Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’?

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Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’? — Mountain View Technology news

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Big Tech has proven a big spender in this year’s election cycle. Google, Meta, and other tech interests account for at least 20% of all the contributions made to outside groups spending on legislative races, according to a CalMatters analysis of campaign finance [ ] The post Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’? appeared first on Mountain View Voice.

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