Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.
Musk took control of X Corp., known at the time as Twitter, in October in a deal worth over $40 billion.
This year, however, X has spent more than $500,000 combined on federal and state lobbying, according to data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.
They spent more than $80,000 on lobbying California state lawmakers since 2021, with a partial focus on Gabriel's bill, according to the public records.
A search through the federal court database shows the social media company was never a plaintiff challenging state laws in the years prior to the recent lawsuit against California.
Persons:
Elon Musk, Elon, Musk, Jesse Gabriel, Gabriel, Gavin Newsom, X's, X
Organizations:
SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Viva Technology, X Corp, Democratic, CNBC, Gov, Big Tech
Locations:
Paris, France, California