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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is receiving assistance and financial backing from eBay founder and tech billionaire Pierre Omidyar, according to a report by Politico.

Omidyar, who founded online marketplace eBay in 1995, serves as the chair of philanthropic organization Luminate. Luminate is managing Haugen’s government and media relations in Europe, Politico reported, and donated $150,000 to Whistleblower Aid, the non-profit representing Haugen in her complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Neither Haugen nor Luminate responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. (RELATED: Facebook Whistleblower’s Push For Stricter Social Media Regulation Is Raising Free Speech Concerns)

Whistleblower Aid was co-founded by Mark Zaid, an attorney who represented Alexander Vindman, the national security official that alleged former President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a phone call. Omidyar donated $100,000 in 2016 to NeverTrump PAC, a political action committee with the mission of preventing the election of Trump, declaring the former president a “dangerous demagogue.”

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar speaks during the panel session Democracy and Voice: Technology For Citizen Empowerment and Human Rights during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Harkin/Getty Images)

Omidyar is also funding the Center for Humane Technology, a nonprofit which employs former Obama administration official Bill Burton in a public affairs role. Burton, who runs Democrat-linked consultant firm Bryson Gillette, is advising Haugen on media and communications strategy, The Washington Free Beacon reported earlier this month.

Omidyar is a donor to left-wing and Democratic causes, contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to almost exclusively Democratic candidates, according to data from OpenSecrets. He currently funds The Intercept.

Through his Omidyar Network he has also donated to the Anti-Defamation League.

Haugen is herself a Democratic donor, making dozens of contributions to Democratic Party candidates including now-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, according to Federal Election Commission filings. She testified before the Senate earlier this month on the harms of Facebook, advocating for stricter government oversight of social media.

Omidyar is also a critic of major tech companies, calling for regulation and antitrust enforcement against social media platforms as well as funding the American Economic Liberties Project and the Open Markets Institute, both of which advocate for the breaking up of Big Tech companies.

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Senator Dianne Feinstein has reported a total of 88 contributions ($200 or more) totaling $129,350 in 2013-2014. 

Top 100 Contributors to Campaign Cmte

Rank	Contributor	Hires lobbyists?	Lobbying firm?*	Lobbyist(s) give to member?	Total	Indivs	PACs
1	JStreetPAC				$82,171	$75,525	$6,646
2	General Atomics				$54,750	$46,750	$8,000
3	PG&E Corp				$52,600	$51,600	$1,000
4	Edison International				$51,350	$44,250	$7,100
5	BAE Systems				$36,000	$29,500	$6,500
6	General Dynamics				$34,250	$28,750	$5,500
7	Intl Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees				$30,000	$0	$30,000
8	Wells Fargo				$29,250	$17,250	$12,000
9	Van Scoyoc Assoc				$23,051	$17,650	$5,401
10	DISH Network				$22,500	$12,500	$10,000
11	Time Warner				$22,424	$17,924	$4,500
12	University of California				$22,372	$22,372	$0
13	THL Partners				$22,359	$17,359	$5,000
14	Northrop Grumman				$21,800	$20,800	$1,000
15	Munger, Tolles & Olson				$21,600	$21,600	$0
16	EMILY's List				$20,350	$20,350	$0
17	Holland & Knight				$19,100	$10,100	$9,000
18	WPP Group				$18,750	$12,500	$6,250
19	Walt Disney Co				$18,550	$9,050	$9,500
20	Akin, Gump et al				$18,250	$13,750	$4,500
20	Pfizer Inc				$18,250	$8,250	$10,000
22	21st Century Fox				$18,125	$13,625	$4,500
23	Alston & Bird				$18,000	$11,000	$7,000
24	National Amusements Inc				$17,875	$13,875	$4,000
25	Vivendi				$17,750	$13,250	$4,500
26	Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy				$17,550	$17,550	$0
27	Intel Corp				$17,500	$10,000	$7,500
28	Sony Corp				$17,050	$8,050	$9,000
29	Blackstone Group				$16,500	$5,000	$11,500
30	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher				$15,000	$10,000	$5,000
30	Occidental Petroleum				$15,000	$5,000	$10,000
32	Sempra Energy				$14,600	$8,100	$6,500
33	Denken Farms				$14,300	$14,300	$0
34	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips				$14,100	$12,100	$2,000
35	Credit Union National Assn				$14,000	$2,500	$11,500
36	Bee Sweet Citrus				$13,750	$13,750	$0
36	Oracle Corp				$13,750	$7,750	$6,000
38	Yucaipa Companies				$13,700	$13,700	$0
39	Brownstein, Hyatt et al				$13,575	$9,075	$4,500
40	Comcast Corp				$13,525	$5,025	$8,500
41	Chevron Corp				$12,500	$2,500	$10,000
41	Deloitte LLP				$12,500	$2,500	$10,000
41	F&T Farms				$12,500	$12,500	$0
41	Sierra Pacific Industries				$12,500	$12,500	$0
45	Google Inc				$12,000	$4,500	$7,500
45	JPMorgan Chase & Co				$12,000	$12,000	$0
45	Nossaman LLP				$12,000	$7,500	$4,500
48	Gallo Winery				$11,800	$11,800	$0
49	TPG Capital				$11,200	$11,200	$0
50	Stanford University				$11,012	$11,012	$0
51	3M Co				$11,000	$0	$11,000
51	DLA Piper				$11,000	$8,000	$3,000
51	Home Depot				$11,000	$0	$11,000
51	Motion Picture Assn of America				$11,000	$0	$11,000
51	Recording Industry Assn of America				$11,000	$5,000	$6,000
51	Semantic Research				$11,000	$11,000	$0
57	Wonderful Co				$10,800	$10,800	$0
58	O'Melveny & Myers				$10,750	$5,750	$5,000
59	Cisco Systems				$10,500	$5,500	$5,000
59	National Assn of Broadcasters				$10,500	$0	$10,500
61	Bank of America				$10,250	$3,750	$6,500
61	Facebook Inc				$10,250	$2,750	$7,500
61	Hewlett-Packard				$10,250	$250	$10,000
64	American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	American Institute of CPAs				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	American Postal Workers Union				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Amys Kitchen				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Broadcom Corp				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Building A Majority PAC				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	California Westside Farmers Inc				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	DANPAC				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Family Ranch				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Fluor Corp				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Forward Together PAC				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Glacier PAC				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Hain Celestial Group				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Harbor Freight Tools				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Impact				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	International Assn of Fire Fighters				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Klein Financial				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	KPMG LLP				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Lockheed Martin				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Marvell Technology Group				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	McKesson Corp				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	National Assn of Realtors				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Operating Engineers Union				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	PAC for a Change				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Plumbers/Pipefitters Union				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Podesta Group				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Prairie PAC				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	PricewaterhouseCoopers				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Procter & Gamble				$10,000	$1,000	$9,000
64	Qualcomm Inc				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Rocketship Education				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	Searchlight Leadership Fund				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Service Employees International Union				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Sheet Metal Workers Union				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Simpson Strong-Tie				$10,000	$10,000	$0
64	UNITE HERE				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	United Technologies				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Wal-Mart Stores				$10,000	$0	$10,000
64	Women's Political Cmte				$10,000	$0	$10,000

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