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Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’?
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 The Almanac .
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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 The Almanac .
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According to The Almanac’s source item, Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the legislature’?, 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 The Almanac .
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