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META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES filed a Q2 report for META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES on July 21, 2025.

Lobbying for META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

All filings by META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES · Everything META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES has reported

 Amended
The filer submitted a later report covering this same period, so the amounts here have been replaced. Site totals count only the latest version. See the current filing, posted Oct 20, 2025.
 Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2025
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025
Expenses
$5,770,000
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 18

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
Environment/Superfund

Issues related to renewable energy policy

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

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

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

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"; S. 1829, STOP CSAM Act of 2025; EARN It Act; S. 146, TAKE IT DOWN Act; H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; H.R. 3149/S. 1586, App Store Accountability Act; S. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA); S. 836, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act; S. 1367, NO FAKES Act of 2025; S. 1792, AI Whistleblower Protection Act; Issues related to the CLOUD Act; S. 2081, Responsible Innovation and Safe Expertise (RISE) Act of 2025; S. 2019, Taskforce for Recognizing and Averting Payment Scams (TRAPS) 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

 Bills named in this filing 11

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

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