"#Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and covertly funded a "grassroots" child safety group called the Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA) to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act - which requires app stores to verify user ages before downloads but imposes no requirements on social media platforms." #Politics #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #SocialMedia #AgeVerification https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings