Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

NYT Technology Friday 16 October 2026, 20:58 UTC By Theodore Schleifer 1 min read

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Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.

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