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I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills (www.reddit.com)
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God, I hate posting a Reddit comment, but this is huge. Every claim is sourced (I have not verified personally).

Edit: Well, Reddit does what reddit does, it's been removed. Here is a github link: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/985257

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[-] frizop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

while tracking the whole process in documents protected by ACP.

ACP?

[-] disorderly@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Attorney-Client Privilege. Sorry, I should have just said it.

For anyone who might have avoided this part of the world, ACP makes communications between you and your counsel inadmissible in court. In big companies, it's somewhat common to bring lawyers into discussions under the auspices of seeking legal advice, but primarily to ensure that if any artifact from that discussion were to be uncovered by an adversary, it couldn't be used in a lawsuit.

[-] khleedril@cyberplace.social -2 points 2 days ago

@frizop @disorderly Anal cleaning products.

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