major video-game publisher subsidiary

Activision Blizzard

A major video-game publisher behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, and other franchises, now owned by Microsoft. Activision Blizzard remains weak because of documented human harm, youth capture, and identity capture, even where the product or service has practical value.

Why this matters: Activision Blizzard is a low games anchor because hit products and communities sit alongside workplace-discrimination settlements, platform consolidation, loot boxes, and live-service capture.

Letter grade D Extractive Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Parent / owner: Microsoft Last reviewed May 7, 2026

Activision Blizzard is owned by Microsoft and should be read as a subsidiary of that listed parent.

Final Score 1* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE1 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material16

Bonus+1

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap17

Penalties-16

Private Government badge

Activision Blizzard receives the Private Government badge because it is an owned service of Microsoft, whose OpenLobby record shows private policy influence, while users or customers are governed by parent-controlled rules they cannot democratically change.

Evidence: [10]

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Owned by Microsoft

The parent profile is currently rated D (Extractive, 15*). This subsidiary is not mechanically capped at the parent score, but parent control is part of the ownership, governance, policy, accountability opacity, reversibility, and harm analysis.

Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Human Harm.

Strengths

Extraction3/10
Product Integrity3/5
Solidarity with the Unemployed2/7

Penalties

Human Harm-4
Policy Capture-4
Youth Capture-4
Identity Capture-3

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims10
Direct axis claims8
Coverage8/15

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That keeps Activision Blizzard low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	3 / 10	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That keeps Activision Blizzard low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	1 / 7	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That keeps Activision Blizzard low on Labor Sovereignty: labor remains managerially controlled, replaceable, or exposed to coercive employment and contracting conditions. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	2 / 7	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That keeps Activision Blizzard low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	1 / 7	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That keeps Activision Blizzard low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	2 / 5	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That places Activision Blizzard in the middle of Market Conduct: the product has real value but still uses meaningful lock-in, gatekeeping, market power, or dependency. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	3 / 5	Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. That places Activision Blizzard in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	2 / 5	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. That places Activision Blizzard in the middle of Scale Integrity: scale brings useful reach but also weakens accountability, transparency, or local constraint. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence context Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [1] context Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. [2] context Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [3]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-4	Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. That warrants a limited Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [5]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-4	Activision Blizzard retains conduct relevant to the Policy Capture penalty: it is controlled by Microsoft, and OpenLobby records MICROSOFT CORP lobbying on education, homeland security,… Activision Blizzard retains conduct relevant to the Policy Capture penalty: it is controlled by Microsoft, and OpenLobby records MICROSOFT CORP lobbying on education, homeland security, internet policy, trade, immigration, consumer protection, and other issues with about $1.6M in spending across 28 filings; the. That warrants a limited Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard retains conduct relevant to the Policy Capture penalty: it is controlled by Microsoft, and OpenLobby records MICROSOFT CORP lobbying on education, homeland security, internet policy, trade, immigration, consumer protection, and other issues with about $1.6M in spending across 28 filings; the subsidiary/service applies the same parent rule power to its users or customers. [9]
Youth Capture ? Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture, surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself penalized. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. That warrants a severe Youth Capture penalty because young people are treated as manipulable consumers, data sources, attention targets, or culture markets. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [6]
Identity Capture ? Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.	-3	Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. That warrants a severe Identity Capture penalty because users, workers, customers, or publics are pressured into identity attachment that protects institutional power. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks. [7]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	Activision Blizzard's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Activision Blizzard shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through… Activision Blizzard's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Activision Blizzard shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of. That warrants a limited Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Ideological Disavowal 0 to -3 recalibration: 0 for explicit standpoint or no penalty-level neutrality theater; -1 for bounded softening of contested choices; -2 for strong neutrality theater by a powerful institution; -3 for major gatekeeping or coercive power presented as neutral, necessary, objective, or non-ideological. Uncertainty This recalibration uses public self-presentation and profile evidence; later review should add direct language-analysis evidence for high-impact institutions. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Activision Blizzard shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint. [8]

Bonus Credits

Bonus	Credit	Why this credit
Cost Transparency ? Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency, especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or individualized pricing are normal.	1 / 3	Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Toy, video-game, tabletop, and game-retail expansion; compare against Nintendo, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Disney, GameStop, Hasbro, LEGO, Roblox, itch.io, Green Toys, PlanToys, and The Game Crafter. Uncertainty Focused category expansion based on public sources; a later pass should add more jurisdiction-specific labor, supply-chain, privacy, and product-safety evidence. Linked evidence Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities. [4]

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 71/100

9 verified linked claims 8 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 8/15 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 13/20

9 verified linked claims

Source quality 15/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

8 direct claims across 15 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 5/10

8/15 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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1Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities.

Ownership Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

Activision Blizzard aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%

2Activision Blizzard publishes major game franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

Activision Blizzard aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%

3Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks.

Calculation Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

AP: Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million settlementIndependent reporting · 82%
CNBC: Activision Blizzard harassment settlement approvedPrimary public record · 100%

4Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft rather than governed by workers, players, or affected communities.

Cost Transparency Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

Activision Blizzard aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%

5Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

AP: Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million settlementIndependent reporting · 82%
CNBC: Activision Blizzard harassment settlement approvedPrimary public record · 100%

6Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks.

Youth Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

AP: Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million settlementIndependent reporting · 82%
CNBC: Activision Blizzard harassment settlement approvedPrimary public record · 100%

7Activision Blizzard has paid major settlements over workplace discrimination and harassment claims, and its products include live-service and youth-capture monetization risks.

Identity Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 7, 2026

AI scaffold

AP: Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million settlementIndependent reporting · 82%
CNBC: Activision Blizzard harassment settlement approvedPrimary public record · 100%

8Activision Blizzard's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because Activision Blizzard shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

Activision Blizzard official siteGeneral web source · 58%
Activision Blizzard aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%

9Activision Blizzard retains conduct relevant to the Policy Capture penalty: it is controlled by Microsoft, and OpenLobby records MICROSOFT CORP lobbying on education, homeland security, internet policy, trade, immigration, consumer protection, and other issues with about $1.6M in spending across 28 filings; the subsidiary/service applies the same parent rule power to its users or customers.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — MICROSOFT CORP lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

10Activision Blizzard receives the Private Government badge because it is an owned service of Microsoft, whose OpenLobby record shows private policy influence, while users or customers are governed by parent-controlled rules they cannot democratically change.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — MICROSOFT CORP lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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