Overview

• Gizmodo, citing The Verge, reports Meta formed Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, a super PAC focused on state races.
• Campaign finance experts say the company’s founder-controlled structure makes the PAC function like a personal political vehicle for Mark Zuckerberg.
• Under current rules, the committee can make very large independent expenditures in California elections, with reporting describing the sums as effectively unlimited.
• Meta’s public policy chief Brian Rice says the goal is to back candidates who prioritize AI development and policies that keep California competitive.
• The organization plans near‑term spending in the tens of millions on political advertising and candidate support, a setup experts call exceedingly rare for a single company.