Washington State Sues Facebook, Google Over Election Ads

The state of Washington said it had sued Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google for allegedly violating state campaign finance law by failing to maintain information about who buys election ads. The state's attorney general, Bob Ferguson, said he was seeking penalties against the companies and an injunction for failing to disclose ad spending in state elections since 2013.

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