Meta forms bipartisan political influence team ahead of US midterm elections

According to reports, Meta has assembled a bipartisan political influence team ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The move is the company's latest step in a comprehensive push into U.S. politics and policy lobbying. Meta had previously launched a midterm election political funding plan of up to $65 million, the largest political investment in the company's history, aimed at conducting bipartisan lobbying through the establishment of a dedicated super PAC. The core goal of this team and funding is to address increasingly severe AI regulatory threats from both state governments and the federal level. Meta is seeking to fund bipartisan candidates who are friendly to the AI industry and supportive of technological innovation, in order to prevent states from introducing fragmented and stringent restrictive AI regulations.