"I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills."

https://web.archive.org/web/20260313090844/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Spoiler: It's Meta.