“The report examined 31 states when state legislatures were considering privacy legislation and identified 445 lobbyists and lobbying firms working on behalf of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, along with industry groups like TechNet and the State Privacy and Security Coalition.”
Seventy-five of those lobbyists came from one Sausalito law firm working for Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft in 21 states. Many registered right before or right after a privacy bill was introduced. Apple runs billboards about privacy. Its lobbyists are in the statehouse making sure the law never requires it.