--- title: Meta Spent Millions To Push The New Age Check Laws description: Meta spent $26.3 million on lobbying in 2025, more than any other US company, largely to push the App Store Accountability Act at federal and state levels.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-spent-millions-to-push-the-new-age-check-laws-psm1sfg90 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta Spent Millions To Push The New Age Check Laws | daily.dev og:description: Meta spent $26.3 million on lobbying in 2025, more than any other US company, largely to push the App Store Accountability Act at federal and state levels.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-spent-millions-to-push-the-new-age-check-laws-psm1sfg90 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pSm1SFg90.png og:image:alt: Meta Spent Millions To Push The New Age Check Laws og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta Spent Millions To Push The New Age Check Laws **[Mental Outlaw](https://daily.dev/sources/mentaloutlaw)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta spent $26.3 million on lobbying in 2025, more than any other US company, largely to push the App Store Accountability Act at federal and state levels. Rather than facing potential $50+ billion in COPPA fines for knowingly hosting underage users on Instagram, Meta drafted legislation that shifts age-verification responsibility onto Apple, Google, and other OS/app store providers. Meta also funneled over $70 million through front groups like the Digital Childhood Alliance to obscure its role. Multiple state bills have passed or are pending, while Apple and Google are lobbying against these measures. The piece also notes Meta is dropping end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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