Meta Forms Bipartisan Influence Team Ahead of US Midterms

The signal here is structural rather than partisan: Meta is staffing up its Washington-facing operation before a vote that will shape the legislative environment it operates in, and doing so with both parties represented. That matters most for the company's regulatory exposure, since the same lawmakers who campaign on platform accountability will return to committees with jurisdiction over it. Whether this pre-positioning translates into smoother relations on tech policy is the open question worth watching.