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META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES filed a Q1 report for META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES on April 21, 2025.

Lobbying for META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$7,990,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 17

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 10

Media (information/publishing)

Education regarding internet security policy and internet privacy issues, federal privacy legislation, and freedom of expression on the internet, including connectivity, spectrum and access issues, local media issues

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to Digital Services Taxes (DSTs); Discussions regarding corporate tax issues and international tax policy

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Discussions regarding free trade agreements; Data localization and cross-border trade flows; Trade promotion authority and digital trade; Commerce export regulations - emerging technology; EU/US data flow; China; Intermediary liability; US-India trade negotiations; Export controls

Homeland Security

Discussions regarding cybersecurity, data security, encryption, platform integrity, election integrity, content policy, and terrorism; Issues related to voter suppression/interference, political ads and misinformation policies

Computer Industry

Issues and discussions related to technology and the Internet including privacy, security, competition, research, trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy issues; online advertising, content and platform transparency efforts; technology and engineering; protecting children, bullying prevention and online safety; youth safety and federal parental approval; human trafficking issues; data portability and interoperability; data breach; connectivity and network usage issues; platform integrity and cybersecurity; storage and access to electronic communications and encryption; manipulated media; continued conversations on Artificial Intelligence; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; youth restrictions on social media; issues related to online platform content in the EU; Congressional Review Act and other activity related to the CFPBs rulemaking on payment system plans and nonbank larger participants"; Stop CSAM Act; EARN It Act; S. 146, TAKE IT DOWN Act

Telecommunications

Issues related to infrastructure and subsea cable systems in the US and globally

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Issues related to Meta's Community Standards; Update on civil rights issues related to advertising practices; Issues related to human rights

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to EU/US data flow; India, Turkey, Bangladesh and other data localization issues; Issues related to intermediary liability both civil and criminal

Immigration

Discussions regarding temporary high-tech worker visas and employment based permanent residency

Environment/Superfund

Issues related to renewable energy policy

Bills named in this filing 1

S. 146
TAKE IT DOWN Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.