US Politics
The California Takeover: How $39 Million in Tech Cash and Secret Surveillance Are Eroding Democracy
Big Tech companies like Meta and Google spent a staggering $39 million last year to influence California state politics, dwarfing all other industries and purchasing outsized power in Sacramento for their deregulatory agendas, particularly on AI. This flagrant corruption of our democratic process by unaccountable corporate giants is a direct assault on the public interest and the fundamental principle of government by and for the people.
