Meta Platforms

New data from 2025-2026 shows sustained high lobbying by Meta ($26.29M in 2025, $7.1M Q1 2026), Alphabet ($13.1M in 2025, $4.1M Q1 2026) and Amazon ($17.89M in 2025) coinciding with partial antitrust wins for tech firms, ongoing appeals, and scheduled trials. FTC appealed Meta's November 2025 monopoly case dismissal in January 2026; Google received behavioral remedies in search case September 2025 with adtech ruling pending; Amazon trial set for October 2026. Lobbying focuses on AI regulation, privacy and antitrust delays, with Trump administration shifts leading to some enforcement pullbacks but continued court battles.

As of March 5, 2026, Wyoming HB0070 (GRANITE Act) remains on Senate General File after Appropriations 'Do Pass' on March 2, with no consideration on March 3 and no further actions.<grok:render type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">10</argument></grok:render> Alphabet and YouTube have issued no public response to the 16 state AGs' February 17 letter despite approaching deadline.<grok:render type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">11</argument></grok:render> Recent X shadowban complaints from March 3-5 are low-engagement, non-political, and from diverse users, mirroring prior patterns without conservative, election, or vaccine specificity.<grok:render type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">36</argument></grok:render><grok:render type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">37</argument></grok:render> Freedom.gov and Newsom TikTok probe show no updates.